Dec 24 2019 a man working on a roof of a west central minnesota home last week died when he fell through a skylight.
Man dies after falling from roof through skylight.
Otter tail county sheriff.
Just before 9 a m.
According to the otter tail county sheriff s office 63 year old david brutleg of henning minnesota was working on a roof of a building north of henning when he fell through a skylight that was covered by snow.
When he stepped backward and fell through the skylight deputy coroner david ott said.
Arsdall fell through a skylight in the roof of the edge athletic center on intrastate drive in bath twp.
Along with seven other workers the victim was installing rolled rubber roofing material on a large building.
Otter tail county sheriff deputies said the brutlag was working on a home 2 miles north of henning in western minnesota.
He died at the scene.
The fall was 15 to the concrete pad below.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
None of the roofers were wearing fall protection and the nearby skylights were not guarded.
On july 30 1986 a 37 year old male roofer died after he stepped through a partially covered skylight opening and fell 27 feet below.
The foreman was located at the ground level.
Bodine sued for 8 million in 1984 dollars about 16 million today and settled for the nuisance sum of 260 000 plus 1200 month for life about the equivalent of a million dollars in conservatively estimated 2006 present value.
In this particular instance a 39 year old hvac worker lost his life after falling through an unprotected skylight.
There are a number of things to take away from this tragedy.
The victim was identified as david brutlag 63 of henning.
Additional details were not.
He had been attempting to free a saw blade that was stuck in the metal decking when he lost his balance.
A burglar fell through a skylight and sued the owner of the skylight for his injuries.
The victim a 25 year old male roofer and father was stretching roofing insulation near the peak of the roof when the insulation tore causing him to lose his balance.
Hugo hernan nochitta was with a crew painting the roof of the building around 9 a m.
He was on the roof of aroma coffee company to do some patch work in the.
Chicago cbs a man died monday morning after he fell through a skylight into a building in west suburban forest park.
