Roofing Company Hit With More Fines

A Washington state roofing company faces more than $300,000 in fines after a worker fell from a two-story roof and was injured, the latest in a string of safety and labor violations levied against the employer. The worker had to be hospitalized because his safety rope failed to stop him from hitting the ground. The State Department of Labor & Industries opened an inspection and used a subpoena to compel the employer, Asset Roofing Co., to divulge the address of the accident. When inspectors arrived, they discovered that the worksite had been al...