Early last week, as a roofing crew was rolling up its equipment on a reroofing project in Kamas, Utah, one roofer ran back to get something he left behind and subsequently fell more than 30 feet off the three-story townhouse, sustaining critical injuries.

In a story first reported by the Park Record newspaper, the ‘roofer’ was actually a 17-year-old bo with no business being a member of a roofing crew. According to U.S. Department of Labor regulations, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to perform “any work on or about a roof or in close proximity to a roof.”