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Person killed in fall at Amazon construction site
Bakersfield Californian ^ | 1/12/19 | staff

Posted on 01/12/2019 6:34:49 PM PST by umgud

A person died in a fall at the Amazon fulfillment center construction site in Oildale on Saturday.

The Kern County Fire Department said firefighters were called out to the center, which is being built across from the Meadow Fields Airport near Merle Haggard Drive, Saturday afternoon after getting a report of a fatal fall at the site.

(Excerpt) Read more at bakersfield.com ...


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News report less than an hour ago. The Amazon Bldg is concrete walls stood up with cranes. Pretty tall.
1 posted on 01/12/2019 6:34:49 PM PST by umgud
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To: umgud

“Person”?


2 posted on 01/12/2019 6:35:37 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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To: umgud

Trump curse biting Bezos this week.


3 posted on 01/12/2019 6:36:56 PM PST by TigerClaws
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All while Bezo is send his penis pictures to some whore.


4 posted on 01/12/2019 6:38:23 PM PST by mplc51
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Not many details to post. Prolly know more tommorow.


5 posted on 01/12/2019 6:43:17 PM PST by umgud
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Not many details to post. Prolly know more tommorow.

They could try looking in his pants.

6 posted on 01/12/2019 6:45:14 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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The Amazon Bldg is concrete walls stood up with cranes.

Another Wall related death! Walls kill people! They are immoral!

7 posted on 01/12/2019 6:45:31 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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8 posted on 01/12/2019 6:49:17 PM PST by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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It’s big. Supposed to employ 1,000 workers. The walls are mostly up.


9 posted on 01/12/2019 6:49:46 PM PST by umgud
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Tilt Wall construction.


10 posted on 01/12/2019 6:55:43 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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They’d better open a cemetery; this won’t be the last one.


11 posted on 01/12/2019 7:01:57 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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If you are going to get killed on the job, Merle Haggard Drive looks good in your obit.

Working Man Blues.


12 posted on 01/12/2019 7:19:31 PM PST by Blue House Sue
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> > >Working Man Blues < < <

More like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u77W-3l0J1s


13 posted on 01/12/2019 7:24:07 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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These Amazon centers are going to change the Central Valley.


14 posted on 01/12/2019 7:27:03 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Take This Job and Shove It?


15 posted on 01/12/2019 7:32:56 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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1/2 half Bezos’ fault. 1/2 half Bezos’ fault.


16 posted on 01/12/2019 7:44:23 PM PST by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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Uh .... what ?


17 posted on 01/12/2019 8:03:01 PM PST by katykelly
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To: umgud

RIP.


18 posted on 01/12/2019 8:10:21 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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The Amazon Bldg is concrete walls stood up with cranes.


Otherwise known as tilt wall construction.


19 posted on 01/12/2019 8:13:14 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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Trips and falls are the #1 cause of death in commercial construction.


20 posted on 01/12/2019 9:46:41 PM PST by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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