Yearlong efforts will highlight OSHA's past achievements, current efforts and future goals as it celebrates the 50th anniversary of the OSH Act of 1970.
Due to its history including 19 inspections and 42 citations, Florida Roofing Experts Inc. in Jacksonville, Fla. faces more than $1 million in penalties after exposing employees to fall hazards.
Florida-based CJM Roofing faces stiff penalties as a result of five inspections over the past five years that revealed workers were exposed to fall hazards.
A safety recall notice has been issued for the Guardian Fall Protection leading edge-compatible self-retracting lifelines that utilize a stainless steel or web lifeline.
A 25-year-old roofer has died after falling from the roof of a barn on Dec. 28. Police say the man died due to cardiac arrest while waiting to be airlifted to a hospital.
A Maine-based roofing contractor has been hit with $278,456 from OSHA, bringing the total number of fines against the contractor to more than $2 million due to repeated fall protection violations.
