A 31-year-old spray painter walked off the edge of a roof. He and co-workers were painting a condominium which has multiple roof levels. The victim had stated he would finish a certain wall before he had to leave to attend to serious personal problems. He placed a ladder on the roof of a protruding shed and climbed onto the roof, without using any fall protection. As he painted he apparently stepped sideways off the edge and fell 12 feet (3.65 meters) onto a decorative arbor roof built of wooden beams, breaking two, then fell to the walkway. A co-worker discovered him lying on […]
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