According to OSHA, the fatality could have been prevented if the Texas-based contractor heeded a citation issued a month prior to the incident for failing to provide a personal fall arrest system.

OHSA is proposing penalties for two contractors after a roof truss collapsed and killed a 67-year-old worker in Florida.

OSHA previously cited the roofing contractor seven times since 2011 for fall-related hazards.

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries issued citations and a fine following an investigation into a worker’s death last summer.

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.

A young roofing contractor tragically died after being struck by lightning while working on a job on Sept. 7.

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.

RC takes a look at 10 of the largest fines and penalties roofing contractors received from OSHA in 2020.

In the newest National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries report, the data shows roofers accounted for 111 of the 5,333 fatal injuries that occurred in 2019.

A roofing contractor with River Roofing in Oregon died on Tuesday after suffering a fall at the construction site of a new high school.