OSHA and the New York Department of Labor are investigating the death of a 33-year-old worker after he fell from a roof while not wearing a harness or safety equipment.
Roofing contractors must carefully consider how to use a harness and tool belt together in order to exhibit a good-faith effort to eliminate or mitigate infeasibility and greater fall hazards.
Two Florida-based roofing contractors face a total of $83,348 in penalties for exposing employees to fall hazards and stuck-by hazards at a work site in Greenacres, Fla.
OSHA and the National Safety Council have once again named fall protection - general requirements as the top workplace hazard on its annual Top 10 list.
An Ohio roofing contractor has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter regarding an employee falling to their death.
OSHA has established a website to help employers like roofing contractors to prevent worker fatigue and avoid potential incidents and injuries in the workplace.
Wyoming Roofing in Gilette, Wyoming announces it has been named the 2019 Small Employer of the Year by the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services (DWS).