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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 200514446 - Employee Killed In Fall Through Hole In Roof Of Steel Bin

**Accident: 200514446 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 07/29/2007**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
311081004	07/30/2007	1791	Usa Tank Storage Systems
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
311081012	07/30/2007	2869	Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company

At approximately 2:15 p.m. on July 29, 2007, Employee #1 was hanging steel deck sheeting on the roof of a steel bin when he stepped through an unguarded hole in the sheeting and fell 64 ft to the concrete floor of the bin. He died of injuries sustained in the fall. Employee #1 was not wearing or using any form of fall protection.

Keywords: roof opening cover, work rules, roof opening, guardrail, installing, roof, barrier guard, construction, fall, fall protection

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Refinery		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		64	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	311081004			Fatality	Concussion	Boilermakers	FallDist: FallHt:64 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Fall through opening (other than roof)
2	311081012					Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: FatCause:

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