The U.S. Occupational Safety and Heath Administration (OSHA) are investigating a fatal accident in Talladega, Alabama on Tuesday morning.
A contractor working at the Spring Street Recreation Center fell approximately 34.5 feet into an empty swimming pool. The city had just approved a major renovation of the Talladega's Recreational Center including removing an old roof over the pool and replacing it with a new roof. Reportedly, the contractor was working on parts of the metal roof around 6:30 a.m. and it gave way, causing the fall.
The Alabama contractor was air lifted to the University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital and pronounced dead a t8:30 a.m.
The name of the contractor has yet to be released but has been identified as a 31-year-old Hispanic male with a Hoover, Alabama address.
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