Annual fall protection inspections help building owners identify compliance gaps, meet OSHA requirements, and ensure rooftop safety systems continue to protect workers.

OSHA has proposed penalties to Lake Zurich, Illinois-based roofing contractor Fino Exterior Inc. after several inspections in 2024 revealed ongoing safety violations. According to a recent release, ...

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 ...

APPLETON – Two Fox Valley roofing businesses received citations from the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration for violating federal safety requirements. In October, ...

The U.S. Department of Labor has fined a Huntington contractor more than half a million dollars after a federal investigation found the business could have prevented the death of a roofer by following ...

Since its creation in 1971, OSHA has made a huge difference in worker safety but not directly. OSHA doesn’t come on site and show people how to work safely. So, what does OSHA do? Among other things, ...

Join us for a training session on rooftop safety, where we'll cover critical areas including Access Points, Rooftop Openings, and Unprotected Edges. In this session, we'll discuss common rooftop 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 ...

A previously-fined Pompano Beach roofer repeated the safety violation, which led to the death of a 25-year-old employee working on a Davie mansion, the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA arm alleges. The ...

Guardian Fall Protection began at the top -- of the roof, that is. Bud Woodyard was a roofing contractor before he founded the Kent-based manufacturer and distributor of fall-protection harnesses, ...