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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.

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.

Roofers were repairing and replacing a roof at a Baton Rouge job site when one of them lost their footing, stepped on and fell about 30 feet through a skylight.

The roofing contractor has been previously cited four times for similar fall protection violations between 2014 and 2017.

As COVID cases trend upwards around the country, Tammy Clark, an OSHA-trained consultant, explains what contractors need to know about mask mandates.

A Florida roofing contractor's failure to protect its workers from fall hazards led to the death of a 25-year-old worker in February 2022.

A Tennessee roofing contractor is dead and two others injured following an accident with an electrical hazard on July 11 at a home in Wilson County.