OSHA Cites New Jersey Contractor For Disregarding Fall Protection Requirements

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Brutus Construction Inc. for exposing employees to fall and other safety hazards at a worksite in Souderton, Pennsylvania. The company faces $181,699 in penalties.

NJ general contractor repeatedly exposed construction workers to fall hazards OSHA fines New Homes Construction Inc. $40,480

New Homes Construction Inc. is a general contractor located at 739 Bordentown Road in Burlington, New Jersey. The investigation was conducted at Wildflowers at Medford, an active adult community at 12 Montclaire Road, Lot 19, in Medford, New Jersey.

Why Do Roofers Fall From Roofs? Is it just because of gravity?

Today I received an urgent call from attorney representing a client in New Jersey who fell from a roof. Before she told me the job description of the injured worker, now in a coma, I correctly anticipated that it was probably a roofer who had fallen from a roof, yet again. 

This scenario has played out in workers' compensation claims for decades. How the accident happened is usually an argument with the employer. The employer claims that the employee was either intoxicated or not following safety precautions. My instinct always tell me that this is probably incorrect, since roofers tend to lose their balance and fall for many other reasons, including "gravity."  Some reason a deprivation of oxygen and/or exposure to toxic neurological irritants contained in the roofing materials, and weather related events that make roofs slippery.