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Posted: 4:00 PM Oct 26, 2009
Farm worker killed in manure pit
A migrant farm worker died today after a farm accident in Dunn County.
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The Dunn County Sheriff's Department says it happened around 10:30 Monday morning at the Steven Weinzirl Farm in the town of Eau Galle southwest of Menomonie.
31-year-old Candelario Rayon from Mexico was operating a skid steer when it went into a manure pit and overturned in about seven and a half feet of manure.
Deputies say Rayon had been working at the farm for about a year.
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