Articles Tagged with ''fall hazards''

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.

The solar and roofing contractor previously received citations twice in Texas, in 2021 and 2020, related to fall hazards.

Four Washington roofing companies are facing more than half a million dollars in fines for repeated fall safety violations.

OSHA is citing an Ohio roofing contractor for continuing to endanger himself and his employees by not using fall protection equipment or having it available at jobsites.

A federal administrative law judge has upheld more than $145,000 in citations and penalties against a Denver roofing contractor for repeatedly exposing workers to workplace falls.