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Portland Police Investigate Workplace Death

Portland Police Investigate Workplace Death

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PORTLAND, Maine (WGAN) Portland police say they’re working with OSHA after a 30-year-old man on a roofing job fell off a roof around 11:30 Thursday morning and was killed.

Police say it happened at 157 congress street. The the man was taken to maine medical center, where he later died.

No other information was made available.

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