The U.S. Department of Labor issued a new rule clarifying employee rights to authorize a representative during OSHA inspections, ensuring fair and effective workplace safety measures.
Don't let an OSHA inspection turn into a nightmare. Learn your rights and how to be prepared with expert tips from this episode featuring Trent Cotney, partner at Adams and Reese.
Spokane, Wash., has made permanent a pilot project allowing roofing contractors to certify their own underlayment placement, aiming to reduce downtime, save money, and enhance efficiency.
Within days of taking office, the Biden administration directed OSHA to double the number of compliance safety and health officers and increase safety audits across the country. Roofers should expect unannounced OSHA audits to increase in the coming months.
It may be tempting for a roofing contractor to rely on an initial visual inspection of attic vents from the exterior of the house, but it pays to take a closer look.
Agencies are publish “catch-up” rules that adjust the level of civil monetary penalties in complying with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act.
OSHA inspections revealed the roofing contractor failed to provide fall protection for working installing shingles in Mahwah, Upper Saddle River and River Vale.
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.