Worker falls from roof, dies in Jenkins County

Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY-SA 4.0 / MGN
Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY-SA 4.0 / MGN(WCTV)
Published: Oct. 5, 2017 at 8:01 PM EDT
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Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017

JENKINS COUNTY, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) -- A worker at Watford Steel Building has died after falling 30 feet while working on the roof of a building.

According to the Jenkins County Coroner; Ismael Reyes, 36, was one of the workers constructing a new mobile home facility in Jenkins County.

The body was sent to the GBI Crime Lab for an autopsy. OSHA is investigating the incident.