If you have visited a modular home set, you’ve probably seen one or more workers taking shortcuts or not taking precautions as prescribed by OSHA when it comes to finishing the house shingles. The owners of the set crews throughout the US know the rules and provide the appropriate harnesses, safety glasses, ladders and other necessary safety gear.
However, human nature being what it is, many of their workers just don’t want to take the time to gear up for safety. Here is an article about a roofer in Illinois that was fined $158,000 for only four jobs. What do you think would happen if they started showing up at your modular home sets?
Illinois Roofing Company Fined $158K for Safety Hazards
Affordable Roofing and Exteriors Inc. in
has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health
Administration for five safety violations, carrying proposed penalties of
$158,015.
The citations follow inspections at three job sites where
workers were improperly using fall protection during the installation of
shingles on residential roofs, OSHA said. Since 2009, the company has been
cited in five inspections for similar violations.
Residential job sites were inspected on July 15 in the 1400
block of
in
On June 27, an inspection took place in the 700 block of
in the 200 block of Dodge in
At each job site, a willful violation was cited for failing
to ensure workers used fall protection while performing residential roofing.
The inspections were initiated under the national emphasis program for fall
safety.
A willful violation is one committed with intentional,
knowing or voluntary disregard for the law’s requirement, or with plain
indifference to employee safety and health.
Two serious violations were cited at the
eye protection to workers who used pneumatic nail guns and provide a ladder to
access upper landings safely.
A serious violation occurs when there is substantial
probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard
about which the employer knew or should have known.
Affordable Roofing and Exteriors has 15 business days from
receipt of its citations and penalties to comply, request an informal
conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the findings before the
independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
Source: OSHA
