OSHA Starts Inspection After Roofer Dies in Fall

Thursday, June 9, 2016 | 0

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched an investigation after a roofer fell to his death on Tuesday while working on a church roof in Allentown, according to The Morning Call newspaper.

OSHA launched an inspection the day after Charles Diirner was killed from falling 30 feet while on the job with two other workers from C.J. Diirner & Sons Roofing, the paper reported. They were working on the roof of the Cathedral Church of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown.

Diirner landed on his head, and when paramedics arrived he had no pulse.

Leni Fortson, spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Labor, told the newspaper that the investigation could take up to six months.

Business listings indicate that Diirner was the president and owner of CJ Diirner.