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Accident: 201853611 - Employee Was Killed In Fall Through Roof

**Accident: 201853611 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 04/19/2004**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
307079384	04/19/2004	1761	Aero Fab, Inc.

On April 19, 2004, Employee #1 was walking on a ventilator structure, which was on the ridge of the low-sloped metal roof of the Kentucky Electric Steel Melt Shop. The roof of the ventilator broke and Employee #1 fell through, approximately 60 ft to the dirt floor, inside the melt shop. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: roof, ventilation, construction, fall, work surface

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1	60	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	307079384			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:60 Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: Fall from roof

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