Citations, Fines Upheld for Fall Hazards on Roofing Job

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has upheld fall hazard citations issued to a Georgia company that served as general contractor on a residential townhome roofing project. The commission, in an order published Monday, granted summary judgment to the U.S. labor secretary in a case against Norcross-based Fama Construction Inc. over safety citations issued in March 2019 following a work site visit. Fama admitted that by March 2019, it had ended its training program and halted safety inspections of its work sites, asserting that the subcontractors it hires bore those resp...