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Both companies were found to have failed in implementing adequate fall protection systems, causing the penalties to multiply due to repeat violations.

The two companies are considered severe violators by L&I for repeatedly violating fall protection rules.

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.

Two unrelated incidents at universities making headlines show the need for roofing contractors to take proper precautions when working at heights.

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.

A roofing contractor with a history of citations related to fall hazards received additional fines for once again exposing workers to deadly falls.