A laborer took a fatal step onto a flimsy surface and fell 30 feet (nine meters) to a floor below. He was a helper on a crew re-roofing an old warehouse. Workers were removing the roofing material, exposing the four-by-eight-foot (1.2-by-2.4-meter) sheets of plywood below. When they found damaged plywood, they tore it out and replaced it. The victim’s job was to pick up the damaged plywood and drop it down a chute for disposal. They were working at night to avoid exposure to the vapors given off by the petroleum-based roofing products in the heat of the day. The fatal fall occurred […]