OSHA is imposing significant fines on an Ohio-based roofing contractor, JHM Roofing, for repeatedly endangering workers with deadly fall hazards at multiple job sites in 2023 despite having fall protection equipment available.
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.
Agencies are publish “catch-up” rules that adjust the level of civil monetary penalties in complying with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act.