1987 in Jan. we had lots of snow. Was working at Burlington Ind. Brookneal Va. in maintenance. This plant used steam and heated with steam. One gas boiler and 3 coal boilers that were installed in 1948. Boiler house is 5 stories high, coal fed in from the top by conveyors. No guard rail around the edge of the roof. Flat top roof with about a 2 ft. high edge.
Coal conveyor plugged up with frozen chunks of coal. About 16 deg. that night. Was 3 of us up there and used pry bars, shovels and big pipe wrench to get these plugs broken up and get the screw conveyor started again. One of my friends picked up the pipe wrench and got it on the shaft of the screw close to a hanger bearing. Slid a piece of pipe over the handle. He was standing between the conveyor and the edge of the roof, about 4 ft. between the two. I was standing in front of him with the pry bar facing him. Pipe wrench slipped off and he was headed to falling off the roof.I grabbed the shoulder of his coat and held with all I could. Both legs up to his knees went over the edge and I stopped him from the fall. Thought I was going over too till his body hit the roof.
We both had to go sit down for a little while to shake that feeling away. OSHA a few years later made the company put a guard fence around the edge of the roof. It was needed.
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