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Malarkey Roofing Co. will pay $1.45 million in penalties for 10 years of air quality violations, including $1 million toward proposed projects and nonprofits to boost the local environment.
Roofers were repairing and replacing a roof at a Baton Rouge job site when one of them lost their footing, stepped on and fell about 30 feet through a skylight.
A roofer and his business have been temporarily banned from performing roofing services in Kansas and ordered to pay $40,000 in penalties after being found in violation of consumer protection laws.
After witnessing a helicopter crash into a nearby field, roofing contractors in Waterloo, Ill. were the first people on the scene to see if the pilot needed help.