Well, unless he killed a lot of people with his roofing skills, I don't think it qualifies as irony. It's not poetic justice either. Good question. Maybe it's best labeled as a Fortean coincidence.
We were talking about it at work, and wondered which member of the crew he'd pissed off enough to point him in the direction of a failure waiting to happen.
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It's definitely comedy. It might be irony.
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We did think it ironic.