Construction Safety Dispatch Articles
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A man who apparently was working on the roof of a company in northeast Charlotte was killed Wednesday morning after falling at least 30 feet to the ground below, according to Charlotte police and fire officials.
The incident happened about 8:15 a.m. at the Pike Energy Solutions building, in the 10100 block of Claude Freeman Drive.
According to investigators, the man was standing on or near a chute that was attached from the roof of the building to a garbage dumpster on the ground. NewsChannel 36, the Observer's news partner, is reporting that police said the man was on the chute when it collapsed. Medics arrived a short time later, but the worker was pronounced dead at the scene.
NewsChannel 36 reported that Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp. was doing work on the roof, but it is not clear whether the victim was an employee of that company.
The name of the victim had not been released.