Articles Tagged with ''fall hazards''

The roofing contractor has been placed on OSHA's severe violator enforcement program following repeated violations since 2019.

The penalties are in addition to a proposed $633,500 in OSHA penalties – still mostly unpaid – for similar violations found during 16 inspections since 2004.

The company's foreman failed to protect workers from known hazards as they did residential framing work on new homes under construction in Lake Zurich and Wheeling

OSHA previously cited the contractor for fall-related violations at worksites in Boston, Medford, Haverhill and Dorchester, Massachusetts between 2014 and 2016.

The roofing and siding contractor has a history of receiving fall hazard citations since 2009.

The two companies are considered severe violators by L&I for repeatedly violating fall protection rules.

Two unrelated incidents at universities making headlines show the need for roofing contractors to take proper precautions when working at heights.

Roofers were repairing and replacing a roof at a Baton Rouge job site when one of them lost their footing, stepped on and fell about 30 feet through a skylight.

The roofing contractor has been previously cited four times for similar fall protection violations between 2014 and 2017.

A Florida roofing contractor's failure to protect its workers from fall hazards led to the death of a 25-year-old worker in February 2022.