Articles Tagged with ''fatal work injuries''

A New York-based roofing contractor has entered a guilty plea for one count of willful violation of OSHA regulations resulting in death.

Find out which roofing contractors received the stiffest fines in 2023 from OSHA, many of which are due to fall violations that, sadly, resulted in the deaths of workers.

The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows roofing contractors as having one of the highest workplace fatality rates in the country, with a majority of the incidents due to falls.

The Labor Department released its 2022 summary findings from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and the news is dishearteneing.

OSHA says the company did not provide the employees on the roof with protection against fall hazards, resulting in a fatal fall last April.

A 17-year-old in Exeter Township, Penn., died after falling through a Giant supermarket roof in a tragic incident.

A contractor died after falling through the roof of a school district administrative building in Seguin, Texas, during a roof replacement project at a former shopping mall.

A roofing contractor has refused to pay the penalties related to citations for fall protection violations, causing the department to file suit in federal court.

A construction worker died on Long Island, N.Y., on August 3, after being trapped for more than six hours when the roof he was working on collapsed; two others were injured in the accident. 

A tragic roof collapse in Ocean County, NJ, resulted in the death of four people after a residence in a Lacey Township neighborhood caught fire and became fully engulfed by flames before firefighters arrived; a fifth person survived before the roof collapsed and was taken to hospital for treatment.