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Keyword: detasseling

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  • Detasseler's father sues over teenager's death

    08/08/2011 7:01:15 PM PDT · by Western Phil · 20 replies
    Quad City Times (Illinois) ^ | Aug. 5, 2011 | Brian Wellner
    The father of a girl electrocuted while detasseling corn in a Whiteside County farm field is suing Monsanto Co. and four other defendants for negligence. Hannah Kendall, 14, and Jade Garza, 14, both of Sterling, Ill., were killed in the July 25 accident. snip--- Smith said witnesses told him Jade stepped into a puddle that was electrified, and she and Hannah, who grabbed her, were electrocuted. The electrical current came from a damaged meter connected to a central pivot irrigation system, Smith said in the lawsuit. He added that the girls did not necessarily come into contact with the irrigator...
  • 2 Girls Killed, 8 Injured Detasseling Corn

    07/26/2011 10:16:52 AM PDT · by stillafreemind · 32 replies
    Yahoo/AC ^ | July 26th, 2011 | Sherry Tomfeld
    Jade Garza and Hannah Kendall died of their, and two others (names not disclosed) were seriously injured. Six other workers treated for injuries deemed not life threatening, were part of a 72 member group working to detassel corn for Monsanto Corp out of St. Louis. Garza and Kendall were both from Sterling, Ill.