Articles Tagged with ''penalties''

A New York-based roofing contractor has entered a guilty plea for one count of willful violation of OSHA regulations resulting in death.

OSHA’s maximum penalties for violations will increase in 2024 to compensate for cost of living, according to the Department of Labor.

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.

OSHA says the company did not provide the employees on the roof with protection against fall hazards, resulting in a fatal fall last April.

An Oregon roofing contractor is seeking to appeal citations from OSHA, arguing employee misconduct is the result of a recent fall safety violation.

OSHA has proposed more than $134,000 in penalties for a Wisconsin-based roofing contractor for fall prevention and other safety violations.

OSHA claims the roofing contractors exposed a dozen workers to falls from pitched roofs at heights up to 32 feet.

A roofing contractor in New Jersey faces more than $77K in penalties due to fall hazards, seatbelt use and ladder safety.

OSHA is imposing significant fines on an Ohio-based roofing contractor, JHM Roofing, for repeatedly endangering workers with deadly fall hazards at multiple job sites in 2023 despite having fall protection equipment available.

A roofing contractor has refused to pay the penalties related to citations for fall protection violations, causing the department to file suit in federal court.