Articles Tagged with ''OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)''

A Florida roofing contractor's failure to protect its workers from fall hazards led to the death of a 25-year-old worker in February 2022.

A contractor attempted to retaliate against an immigrant worker by contacting ICE after the worker reported a serious injury that caused OSHA to investigate.

The 2020 incident occurred at a jobsite in Mars, Pa., where an employee fell to their death and three others were injured after falling from a roof and scaffold.

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.

The New York company and its owner pleaded guilty to petit larceny and fifth-degree insurance fraud as well as second-degree grand larceny and second-degree insurance fraud.

The contractor currently owes more than $378,561 in penalties from six previous inspections dating back to 2018.

According to Oregon OSHA, this is the seventh time the company violated the same fall protection requirement.

OSHA is proposing the fines after six inspections of five work sites revealed the contractor did not provide fall protection to employees working on roofs.

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