WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently unveiled an online tool giving roofing contractors and others the ability to search its severe injury report database and view trends related to workplace injuries occurring in states covered by federal OSHA. The Severe Injury Report…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is fining a construction contractor $61,065 in penalties after a 54-year-old laborer suffered a fatal fall while removing tar and stone from metal roof panels. According to a news release from OSHA, an investigation found that NOR-D LLC, a construction contractor in Johns Creek, Ga., failed to provide employees…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) are teaming up to protect roofers from potentially deadly falls during the annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction week, May 6-10. Throughout the week, roofing contractors in both residential and commercial markets will place extra emphasis on fall safety in…
The creatives at the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration are well aware that, as summer approaches, soaring temperatures are already causing concerns at workplaces nationwide, both outdoors and indoors. In an effort to foster engagement and allow employers, workers and other stakeholders to help each other address the dangers of heat hazards,…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration named fall hazards as the most cited violation of 2023, making it the 13th consecutive year. It is one of the most cited violations in roofing, and in 2022, falls, slips and trips resulted in 100 fatal workplace incidents. Due to incidents like these, OSHA is not lenient when…
