Annual fall protection inspections help building owners identify compliance gaps, meet OSHA requirements, and ensure rooftop ...

If you’ve ever experienced an unexpected visit from an OSHA inspector, you know how important it is to be prepared. If you haven’t, consider this: OSHA has jurisdiction over 7 million worksites and, ...

The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) Data Center study, “Fatal Falls from Roofs Among U.S. Construction Workers,” found that falls from roofs accounted for one-third of ...

New questions are emerging about key provisions the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s updated rule to prevent falls. Effective January 17, 2017, the final rule updating OSHA’s general ...

OSHA cited Tip Top Roofing & Construction Inc. of Sycamore, Ill., for once again failing to provide workers with fall protection. The company has been cited a number of times since 2008 for fall ...

An Appleton roofing contractor is being fined $94,263 for failing to protect its workers from falls and properly training them on how to use fall protection, according to the U.S. Department of Labor ...

For the 20th consecutive year, falls from heights remain the most frequently cited serious workplace safety violation by the ...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Jasper Contractors for six safety violations for exposing workers to falls and other hazards while they ...

Sarasota-based Crown Roofing facing a federal fine for failing to provide fall protection for its workers might sound familiar. It happened in November. It’s happened four other times since December ...