Davila Construction in Missouri is facing $205,098 in penalties after repeatedly exposing workers to fall hazards and other safety violations throughout 2019.
OSHA's updated website is designed to boost workplace safety by making resources more accessible and facilitating easy online registration of OSHA safety courses.
Autodesk Construction Solutions is funding a grant program with the Associated General Contractors of America to provide contractors with safety harnesses specifically sized for women.
OSHA has cited Proctor Enterprises Inc. — based in Stanley, N.Y., and doing business as Proctor Roofing and Contracting — for exposing employees to falls, slapping the company with $116,686 in penalties.
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.