Killed contractors: MDOT that all employees remain from work after tragedies

The brief

• The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MDOT) is making all employees observe a “mandatory security delay of all work” on Monday, September 29.

• The stagnation of work occurs after two contractors were killed in two days in construction sites in twin cities.

• The authorities are investigating deaths.

(Fox 9) – The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MDOT) says that all employees will withdraw from work after two contractors were killed.

‘Obligatory work security’

What they say

Mndot says that security remains its number one priority after the death of the two contractors at construction sites in twin cities:

“We are deeply sad and concerned about the recent tragic incidents who took the lives of contractors who work on the roads of the area. Security remains our number one priority, and MDOT personnel are working closely with contractors, the state patrol of Minnesota and the occupational security of Minnesota and the health administration to guarantee a complete and exhaustive investigation of these incidents. Let’s look closely at a situation and determine that there is a new interference to the Masta of the incidents of the incidents.

All MDOT employees have the mandate to observe a “security maintenance” of all the work on September 29, Mndot said. A security support is a “deliberate pause” at work to “reflect on the recent tragic loss of two contractors and commit to the safety of each person who works with or for MDOT.”

2 contractors killed in construction sites

The background history

Two contractors were killed in two days in the construction sites.

The first contractor was killed in Burnsville on September 24 in the south of the I-35W near the 13th Highway and Departure 2.

Preliminary investigation suggests that the contractor was on foot in the construction zone when he was beaten by the driver of a construction vehicle equipped with an boom accessory. The worker died on the scene.

The second contractor was killed in Maple Grove on September 26 on highway 610 and Maple Grove Parkway.

The authorities say the contractor was on foot when a dump truck hit him. The contractor died on the scene.