Articles Tagged with ''fall hazards''

The roofing contractor reportedly failed to provide fall protection equipment to workers and train them on its use, according to OSHA.

Diversified Fall Protection has acquired Versatile Systems Inc. and Rooftop Anchor, Inc. for further its goal of creating safer work environment for contractors.

Three Washington roofing companies received more than a combined $768,000 for allowing roofers to work without using fall protection.

Since 2017, the Florida contractor's companies have been the subject of 10 inspections, resulting in 21 willful, eight repeat, and one serious citations.

These roofing contractors faced some of the heftiest fines from OSHA in 2021, including incidents resulting in the injury or death of a worker.

Deaths in roofing decreased by 2.7% in 2020, but the industry has now become one of the three deadliest occupations in the United States.

Roofing contractors in Pennsylvania and Ohio face a combined total of $353,868 in proposed penalties following the death of a 19-year-old worker in June.

Jurors acquit roofing contractor on workplace manslaughter charge following jobsite fatality in 2018.

Jury selection has begun for a trial involving a roofing contractor in Maine charged with the death of one of his workers.

OSHA identified nine willful violations in its inspections of ALJ Home Improvement Inc. work sites on May 11, 12 and 13, 2021.