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

Austin Eugene Furner, a 27-year-old Marine veteran, drowned at an NC worksite after his employer, Rigid Constructors, failed to provide lifesaving equipment, OSHA found.

A Boston contractor was sentenced to 18 months for evading $2.8M in taxes by misclassifying workers, orchestrating a payroll fraud scheme, and lying to investigators.

OSHA cited Sunrun Installation Services Inc. for repeat fall protection violations, proposing $288K in fines after workers faced fatal risks twice in Chicago suburbs in 2024.

In Crystal Springs, Miss., an out-of-state roofer, just 31 years old, tragically fell 50 feet to his death while repairing a school roof; OSHA is investigating the incident.

Find out which roofing contractors faced the heftiest penalties from the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for safety violations in 2024; the list considers penalty amounts and fatal incidents in its rankings.

The number of workplace fatalities in roofing increased in 2023, with the majority of incidents caused by a fall, slip or trip, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The revision to the standard adds language requiring that employers provide PPE that properly fits construction industry workers.

OSHA cited Newark, N.J.-based RRC Home Improvement for willful safety violations at three New Jersey sites, exposing workers to falls and other hazards, with $328,545 in penalties and severe violator status.

OSHA fined Chicago-area roofing contractor Fino Exterior Inc. $262,631 for repeated fall protection violations, citing 13 infractions in 2024, marking its eighth citation since 2020.

Federal inspectors fined a Chrystal Lake, Ill. construction company $287K for exposing workers to fall hazards on three occasions in the same neighborhood, issuing eight citations for violations dating to May 2024.