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August 13, 2005Man dies after roof trusses collapseWork site had been OK'd but is checked againByRecord-Eagle staff writer GRAYLING - State inspectors investigated a Grayling Township construction site where a 31-year-old Roscommon County man died after falling from the rafters. Kristopher Ryan Vogt, 31, fell when a set of trusses collapsed Tuesday along West M-72 where the new DuBois Do-It-Best Lumber Company is being built. Witnesses told police Vogt landed headfirst on a concrete surface. Crawford County sheriff Kirk Wakefield said one of the walls shifted and several men fell from the rafters. Only Vogt was seriously injured and unresponsive at the scene. No safety harnesses, helmets or safety equipment were being used by workers in the construction area, according to the police report. Vogt was rushed to the local hospital and then airlifted to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, where he later died. He worked for a number of years for Ripke Construction Co. of Houghton Lake, which was hired to build the new hardware store and lumberyard. The funeral is today in Lansing. Herb Ripke, owner of the construction company, declined to comment on the incident. Wakefield said no criminal investigation is underway, but the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated the construction accident. Bill DeLiefde, a Michigan OSHA man, said a final report on the incident won't be completed for several weeks. The building site was already cleared by both state and local officials for construction work to continue.
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