Worker Dies After Falling Through Roof

June 24, 2021 4:08 am

SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – A worker died after falling through the roof of a building Wednesday morning in South Park Township, police said. The fall happened at the Agricultural Building of the South Park Fairground on Brownsville Road around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday. Police said the worker was a 59-year-old man who was on the roof of the building and fell through a skylight. Police said the man was found unresponsive when first responders arrived, and paramedics attempted lifesaving measures, but the victim eventually succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the man was an employee of Marsa Masonry, contracted to perform work on the Agricultural Building. He left the scaffolding he was working from and climbed onto the roof of the building before a witness saw him fall backwards and through a skylight in the roof, about 21 feet. (PHOTO;  WPXI)