Embracing diverse backgrounds in the workplace has never been more important given the unrelenting skilled labor shortage plaguing the roofing industry.
Due to its history including 19 inspections and 42 citations, Florida Roofing Experts Inc. in Jacksonville, Fla. faces more than $1 million in penalties after exposing employees to fall hazards.
OSHA cited Apex Roofing and Restoration and WW Restoration in Alabama after investigating the death of a 15-year-old worker who fell to his death in July.
Florida-based CJM Roofing faces stiff penalties as a result of five inspections over the past five years that revealed workers were exposed to fall hazards.
A 25-year-old roofer has died after falling from the roof of a barn on Dec. 28. Police say the man died due to cardiac arrest while waiting to be airlifted to a hospital.
A new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the rate of fatalities among roofers was among the highest of all occupations in 2018.
A Maine-based roofing contractor has been hit with $278,456 from OSHA, bringing the total number of fines against the contractor to more than $2 million due to repeated fall protection violations.
