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Diversified Fall Protection has acquired Versatile Systems Inc. and Rooftop Anchor, Inc. for further its goal of creating safer work environment for contractors.

This incident was the fourth time this Oregon-based roofing contractor has violated the fall protection standard since February 2020.

The location achieved one year of no recordable OSHA incidents, which include work-related injuries or illness requiring medical treatment or days away from work.

Three Washington roofing companies received more than a combined $768,000 for allowing roofers to work without using fall protection.

Since 2017, the Florida contractor's companies have been the subject of 10 inspections, resulting in 21 willful, eight repeat, and one serious citations.

These roofing contractors faced some of the heftiest fines from OSHA in 2021, including incidents resulting in the injury or death of a worker.

Deaths in roofing decreased by 2.7% in 2020, but the industry has now become one of the three deadliest occupations in the United States.

OSHA and the National Safety Committee revealed the most frequently cited workplace safety standards from 2021.

Roofing contractors in Pennsylvania and Ohio face a combined total of $353,868 in proposed penalties following the death of a 19-year-old worker in June.

The agency began the process of considering a heat-specific workplace rule to address heat-related illnesses when it published the ANPRM on Oct. 27, 2021.