A recent rash of OSHA investigations and issued penalties should serve as a warning to roofing contractors to step up safety precautions while on the job.
OSHA encourages construction employers and other stakeholders to join the event to promote awareness and training to address one of the industry’s most serious dangers.
According to OSHA, this roofing contractor attempted to cover up that they weren't using fall protection after a 14-year-old boy working on the roof fell 20 feet.
The METALFOCUS® Safety Certificate Program is a series of 10 one-hour virtual safety courses tailored to supervisors, foremen, crews and others in the industry.
In the newest National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries report, the data shows roofers accounted for 111 of the 5,333 fatal injuries that occurred in 2019.
