Articles Tagged with ''fall hazards''

OSHA inspectors found crews working at tall heights with inadequate fall protection at two separate job sites within 10 days of each other.

After continually refusing to correct fall hazards, OSHA took the rare step of posting an imminent danger notice at a jobsite in Maine.

OSHA found the contractor failed to provide fall protection equipment to workers on November, about six months after the contractor’s last citations.

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.