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.

OSHA investigators say the roofing employee fell 27 feet while attempting to carry materials and climb a ladder jack scaffold.

OSHA investigators report the Kansas roofing company failed to provide proper fall and eye protection for workers at two job sites in October 2023.

A Missouri roofing company with a history of safety violations is facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties after OSHA inspectors observed employees without fall protection at five different job sites.

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

OSHA claims federal inspectors were "met with hostility" when they approached the worksite of a roofing contractor to confront them about fall hazards.

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.

Snohomish, Wash.-based roofing contractor Allways Roofing, one of the state’s most frequent safety violators, has repeatedly been cited and now owes the state $3.5 million in fines.

The injunction requires the company and its owner to comply with enhanced abatement provisions, including notifying OSHA of future company jobsites and providing supervisors and employees with OSHA safety training.

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