Roofer's Death Precipitates String of Safety Citations

The death of a worker who fell through a skylight led to a spate of roofing citations from the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries. L&I cited Leslie & Campbell Inc. $48,803 for the death of a worker who plunged more than 25 feet through an unguarded skylight to a concrete floor of a warehouse. Investigators determined that the company did not identify or train its workers on the danger posed by skylights. “A worker died because their employer failed to protect them,” said Craig Blackwood, assistant director for L&I’s Division of Occup...