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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 14511596 - Fall From Roof-Steel Erection

**Accident: 14511596 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 02/13/1986**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
17507005	02/14/1986	1791	Tkadlec Steel Erection Co.

EMPLOYEE FELL 142 FEET. EMPLOYEE NO 1 & EMPLOYEE NO 2 WERE MAKING INITIAL CONNECTIONS. EMPLOYEE-NO 1 WAS SITTING ON 14" TUBE AND HAD BOLTED DOWN. EMPLOYEE NO 2 HAD PROBLEMS MAKING TOP CONNECTION. EMPLOYEE NO 1 STARTED UNBOLTING AND ASKED CRANE OPERATOR FOR SLACK AT THAT TIME HE TURNED TO GET OR PUT SOMETHING IN HIS POUCH. WHEN HE TURNED AROUND THE BEAM MOVED TOWARD HIS SHOULDER AND HE PUSHED AWAY FROM THE BEAM CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROXIMATELY 142 FEET RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.

Keywords: erection process, building, iron worker, construction, steel erection, fall

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	17507005			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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