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Accident: 201361623 - Employee Killed Crushed By Metal Roof

**Accident: 201361623 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 11/05/2001**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
304311699	11/05/2001	1541	Jorge Marion

Employee #1, an employee of Jorge Marion, was killed when the metal roof of a broiler house on which he was working shifted and crushed him. The 40 by 480 foot building had a 26 gauge metal roof. It was temporarily braced every 5 feet on the outside. Employee #1 was on a ladder installing a section of plywood between the trusses when there was a cracking sound and the roof shifted, fatally crushing him.

Keywords: roof collapse, ladder, metal sheet, crushed, brace, falling object

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000		480	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	304311699			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Interior carpentry FatCause: Collapse of structure

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