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Fall Hazards Bring $75,800 in Fines against Mobile Home Manufacturer

Thursday, February 26, 2015 | 0

The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) fined Fleetwood Homes $75,800 for failing to provide fall protection for employees, despite concerns being brought forward to managers by employees and the division. Oregon OSHA said it cited Fleetwood for five violations after an Aug. 29, 2014, inspection of the mobile home manufacturer's plant in Woodburn. The company manufactures a mobile home model with fall exposures 13 feet from the ground, OSHA said. Roofers had to climb over the guardrails of scaffolding onto the roof of the mobile home with no tie-off points to con...

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