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Accident: 14540637 - Joists Collapse

**Accident: 14540637 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 03/27/1986**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101143006	03/28/1986	1791	Stetson Associates, Inc.

EMPLOYEES WERE ON ROOF ELEVATION OF BLDG UNDER STEEL ERECTION, AND WERE PLUMBING UP A COLUMN. STEEL BAR JOISTS WERE LAYING IN PLACE, (LOOSE) AND BUNDLES OF METAL ROOF DECKING WERE RESTING ON BAR JOISTS. EMPLOYEES LOOSENED BOLTS, HOLDING METAL TRUSSES TOGETHER AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BAR JOISTS WITH A 3LB HAMMER, WHEN ALL BAR JOISTS ROLLED OVER ON SIDES,SENDING BAR JOISTS, METAL DECKING AND EMPLOYEES TO GROUND.

Keywords: erection process, joist, roof, steel, building, collapse, decking panel, construction, steel erection, fall

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	101143006	Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Structural metal workers
2	101143006	Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers
3	101143006	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers

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