A Wichita, Kan. roofing contractor is facing $191,071 in fines after exposing workers to numerous fall and safety hazards. OSHA inspectors discovered employees of Jose Barrientos were not wearing ...

OSHA investigators have concluded that a Watertown, Massachusetts-based roofing contractor OJR Construction Inc. failed to implement necessary safety measures, resulting in the tragic death of an ...

Washington’s Labor & Industries department fined roofing companies more than $1.4 million for repeat fall protection violations, citing ongoing risks from falls at height.

The residential construction firm T. Scott Dillman Enterprises has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for failing to provide roof and scaffolding fall protection for its ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 335 construction workers died from job-related falls in 1995. That was the year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) "Safety ...

APPLETON (WLUK) -- Federal regulators are proposing more than $281,000 in fines against an Appleton roofing contractor. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued four citations ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ)– The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) announced Wednesday it has fined a Bend construction company $103,438 for repeatedly violating a requirement to ...

The Dept. of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is undertaking a nationwide effort to prevent falls in construction and all other industries. Falls are responsible for more worksite ...

Falls remain one of the leading causes of worker deaths in construction. Not surprisingly, one in five construction citations issued by OSHA over the last decade has been for inadequate fall ...

A 14-year-old boy working on the roof of a townhome without required fall protection suffered critical injuries when he fell 20 ft. to the ground. Immediately following this serious incident, the ...