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Accident: 14371744 - Employee Killed In Fall From Roof

**Accident: 14371744 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 11/12/1990**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
18054965	11/13/1990	1791	Romanko'S Sales & Service, Inc.

Employee #1, an iron worker, was applying double-faced tape to secure plastic-backed insulation to structural purlins before the steel decking was placed in position. While taping, the employee stepped beyond the leading edge of the sheet metal roof and, while leaning over, began walking heel-to-toe backward along the 3 in. lip of the purlin. He slipped from the purlin and fell approximately 40 ft to the concrete floor. Employee #1 was killed. No fall protection was used. A sheet metal screw projecting up through the lip of the purlin may have contributed to, or caused, the fall.

Keywords: roof, iron worker, slip, construction, fall, fall protection, walking backward

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	18054965			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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