Saginaw, Michigan– A 28-year-old man from Bridgeport Township is in critical condition after a dramatic crash over the weekend in Saginaw, according to local police. The incident occurred around 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, when the man lost control of his pickup truck and crashed into a house at the intersection of Hess Road and Beechwood […]
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Mill Hall, PA — A 27-year-old roofing contractor was killed Friday, September 6, at Central Mountain High School in Clinton County. According to State Police, Kyler Keller of Lewistown was climbing a ladder with a 5-gallon bucket when the ladder shifted. Keller fell 30 feet to the concrete below. Police said that although another worker
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Saybrook Township, Ohio– A roofer was electrocuted on Thursday afternoon, August 30, while carrying a ladder. The incident happened around 3:20 p.m. in the 6400 block of Lake Road West, according to local firefighters. Saybrook Township Fire Chief John Jyurovat reported that the man, an employee of a roofing company, was on-site completing a job
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Witchita, KS– A tragic incident occurred Tuesday morning in central Kansas, where a 16-year-old from Wichita lost his life due to electrocution while performing roofing work at the Great Bend Municipal Airport. The victim was identified as Ivan Joel Mollins. Another individual, 24-year-old Allistar Jose Sanchez, also from Wichita, sustained serious burns and was hospitalized,
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July 12, 2022 | Grand Ridge, IL Five contractors from Double L Seamless Gutters of Roanoke received electrical shocks and fell 25 feet from their ladders around 11 a.m. after an aluminum gutter they were installing touched a live power line. The workers were all on aluminum ladders at the time of the incident. There
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OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) is a US government agency regulating workplace safety. If you are a roofing contractor in the United States, with at least one employee, you are required to abide by OSHA safety standards. If you work alone, you are not required to abide by OSHA standards. If you have no
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Rochester, NY- Roofer, Jason Regatuso, 32, of Mount Morris, New York, has died from injuries incurred after a ladder broke on a jobsite. Three roofers were sent to Strong Memorial Hospital after a ladder supporting scaffolding broke, causing the men to fall. The other two roofers were released from the hospital. Osha is investigating. More HERE.
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St. Louis, MO. – (this is an update from this original post). Roofer Daniel Madden, 66, has died after being in a coma since August 6, due to falling in a hot tar kettle. Madden was given a military honors. Madden was a longtime roofer and Army Ranger veteran. He was given a military funeral
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St. Louis, MO – Daniel Madden, a 66 year-old veteran roofer, is clinging to life after slipping off the roof into a hot tar kettle. The temperatures of the kettle were near 600 degrees. More here.
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Marco Island, FL. – A 20 year-old roofer died after his ladder touched a power line. Another roofer was also injured in the accident. The roofers were trying to get off the roof due to a coming thunderstorm. More here.
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