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Fatal Roof Fall at Danvers Home Prompts Multi-Agency Investigation

Officials say OSHA is participating in a review of the workplace circumstances.

Overview

  • Danvers police were called around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday to a residence on Briarwood Drive.
  • Responders found a roofer who had fallen from the roof of the home.
  • The individual worked for a Salem, New Hampshire-based roofing company.
  • He was taken to Beverly Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to officials.
  • The Essex County District Attorney’s Office, Danvers Fire Department, Massachusetts State Police and Danvers police are investigating, and the worker’s name has not been released.