OSHA opened an inspection in February when a worker for the roofing contractor fell from the roof of a three-story residential construction project in Spring Valley.
Held May 2-6, the annual event encourages construction workers and stakeholders to promote awareness and training to address one of the industry’s most dangerous hazards.
A Tennessee contractor faces more than $122,000 in violations after a 16-year-old boy in their employ doing roof construction fell to his death in June 2020.
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.
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.
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.