2 dead after workplace accidents

2 dead after workplace accidents

WEST HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — A landscaper fell from a tree and a roofer fell from a building in two separate fatal workplace accidents on Long Island. Suffolk County Police say 51-year-old Vicente Oliver of Levittown was trimming a tree at a West Hills home Monday morning when a branch broke. He fell about 40 feet to his death. Monday afternoon, 27-year-old Hector Aranda-Sanchez fell from the roof of a business in Holbrook. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating both incidents.

Photo: FILE: Suffolk County Police Headquarters by Brett Levine