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Construction worker dies in 10-story fall off lift
By TIMES STAFF WRITER
Published September 26, 2006
ST. PETERSBURG - A construction worker fell to his death Monday morning from the 10th floor of a condominium complex. Howard Theriot, 31, of St. Petersburg, was working for a subcontractor, Commercial Plaster, when he appeared to accidentally step off the lift he was standing on at the Mangrove Cay condominiums, said St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue Lt. Rick Feinberg. Emergency workers were called to the scene at 10699 Gandy Blvd. at 10:25 a.m., Feinberg said. They transported Theriot to Bayfront Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The lift, which allows workers to access the outside of the 14-story building, did not appear to have guardrails on its ends, Feinberg said. Mangrove Cay, just east of the Brighton Bay subdivision, will eventually consist of two buildings and 110 units.
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