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This marks the eighth time the roofing contractor has been cited by OSHA related to fall hazards.

In this jam-packed Legal Insights, Trent Cotney, partner at Adams and Reese discusses what to do when challenging OSHA citations, nonfatal workplace injuries and crane operation safety.

The roofing contractor has been placed on OSHA's severe violator enforcement program following repeated violations since 2019.

The penalties are in addition to a proposed $633,500 in OSHA penalties – still mostly unpaid – for similar violations found during 16 inspections since 2004.

The latest data shows the rate of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in the roofing industry increased from the previous year.

Trent Cotney, partner at Adams and Reese, discusses OSHA’s proposed rulemaking for lead exposure and how it may affect contractors on the job.

Trent Cotney, partner at Adams and Reese, provides what contractors should research when it comes to determining whether they’re still open to claims following a job.

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.

An Ohio roofing contractor who had a heated encounter with OSHA investigators was cleared of multiple safety violations.