OSHA inspections revealed the roofing contractor failed to provide fall protection for working installing shingles in Mahwah, Upper Saddle River and River Vale.
Among other changes, the expanded Severe Violator Enforcement Program will now place employers in the program for at least two willful or repeated violations.
The VPP Star is OSHA's highest level of recognition of employers and workers who have implemented safety and health management systems and kept injuries and illnesses to a minimum.
Supervisors not only train and manage employees, they are the first defense a business has to avoid legal issues with federal, state and local regulations.
RC Publisher Jill Bloom speaks with Tammy Clark, owner of Tammy K. Clark Companies, an OSHA-trained consultant, about what roofing contractors should do when an OSHA inspection is happening.
Tammy Clark, an OSHA-trained consultant,tells contractors what they need to know to prepare for an OSHA inspection, from protocols to what types of policies to have in place.
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.
Malarkey Roofing Co. will pay $1.45 million in penalties for 10 years of air quality violations, including $1 million toward proposed projects and nonprofits to boost the local environment.