The company's foreman failed to protect workers from known hazards as they did residential framing work on new homes under construction in Lake Zurich and Wheeling
OSHA previously cited the contractor for fall-related violations at worksites in Boston, Medford, Haverhill and Dorchester, Massachusetts between 2014 and 2016.
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.
The MRCA introduced the Naphis Mitchell-Reyes Safety Professional Award, which will recognize roofing safety professionals who exemplify the values that the award’s namesake respected.