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A Tennessee contractor faces more than $122,000 in violations after a 16-year-old boy in their employ doing roof construction fell to his death in June 2020.

Thanks to its response to making its facilities safer during the COVID pandemic and shifting to manufacture PPE, Duro-Last received Star Site status from OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program.

After multiple on-site investigations, OSHA cited the companies for exposing workers to falls and other dangerous safety hazards while erecting walls and sheathing roofs.

According to a safety study, providing more safety interventions produces a sense of invulnerability, leading roofers to take more risks and become less safe overall.

Fully vaccinated people no longer have to wear masks when conducting most outdoor activities, according to updated guidelines from the CDC.

The Biden administration has nominated the chief of the Cal/OSHA to the Department of Labor. Find out how this will impact your business.

The NRCA supports the CDC’s efforts and encourages all roofing professionals to participate in Vaccine Awareness Week in Construction. 

The roofing contractor's latest violation of Oregon OSHA’s 6-foot trigger-height requirement was the seventh such violation committed by the company since May 2018.

Industry Leader of the Year, Associate of the Year and Golden Hammer Award Winners were honored at NTRCA Awards Banquet in March.

OSHA fined a New Jersey roofing contractor more than $200,000 following two investigations, one of which occurred after a worker was injured in a fall.