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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 14418636 - Employee Killed In Fall From Truss Girder

**Accident: 14418636 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 07/27/1992**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
115991473	07/28/1992	1791	Havens Steel Erectors Co.

At 11:40 p.m. on July 27, 1992, Employee #1, a journeyman iron worker, was welding bar joists 22 ft above ground level. Evidently, while he was pulling up the welding lead by the electrode holder, the holder detached and the employee lost his balance. He fell 22 feet and sustained serious head injuries from which he died. He was not using fall protection. He had worked for the employer for 3 1/2 years and had been an iron worker for 33 years.

Keywords: head, truss, girder, iron worker, work rules, welding, fall, fall protection, lost balance

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	115991473			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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