Roofing Contractor Cited for Alleged Lack of Fall Protection

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a roofing contractor for allegedly failing to provide fall protection to workers at a site in Nashua. Luis Guallpa, doing business as Guallpa Contracting Corp., based in Millford, Massachusetts, faces $299,324 in proposed penalties. The contractor has 15 business days to contest the citations, which were issued on March 20. During an inspection in September, OSHA investigators allegedly saw six of Guallpa’s employees working on a roof at heights of up to 25 feet without fall protection. The workers were not trained o...