The project delays that result from a fall-related injury or fatality will take up much more time than what was spent preventing the fall in the first place.
The Department of Labor took what some have called 'unprecedented action' in seeking collection of debts owed by a Chicago-area contractor. With interest, the Illinois man owed more than $360K in penalties; the agency was preparing to lien the owner's personal property.
The employee was installing metal roofing sheets on a building in November 2023, when they fell 12 feet onto a concrete slab below and suffered traumatic head injuries.
The Department of Labor employed “vigorous litigation” against what it's calling a "serial violator," convincing the contractor to withdraw its contest notice on March 1.
Find out which roofing contractors received the stiffest fines in 2023 from OSHA, many of which are due to fall violations that, sadly, resulted in the deaths of workers.