Roofing Contractor Cited for Lack of Fall Protection

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited an Illinois roofing contractor for eight safety violations and $47,960 in fines after determining that the employer failed to protect its employees from work-related falls.During a Jan. 16 inspection of a Woodridge Enterprises' work site in Lemont, Ill., OSHA investigators discovered that the employer lacked fall protection for workers on scaffolds 20 feet and above. The agency issued three "repeat" violations for a lack of fall protection for workers on a scaffold higher than 19 feet and in construction activities at a height of 20 f...