OSHA opened its inspection of A.C. Castle Construction upon observing employees working without fall protection on the building's roof and on a ladder jack scaffold, exposing them to falls of ...

In this effort, fall protection will always have its place, but when it comes to ladders and aerial access equipment, fall prevention is the future. This article originally appeared in the ...

In such investigations, inspectors typically look to see whether workers had adequate training and fall protection. Alexander: 704-358-5060 This story was originally published July 7, 2015 at 1:13 PM.

The threshold for fall protection in construction work is 6 feet. You must protect your employees from fall hazards whenever an employee is working 6 feet or more above a lower level. If an employee ...

The U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday that it had settled a case with a Newark roofing company alleging it had repeatedly failed to protect employees from falling off the roof they were ...

A New Jersey-based roofing company agreed to pay $155,000 in penalties to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...

A tricky process it is to ensure that your shoring project is in compliance with the regulations promulgated by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA. More specifically ...

Calling scaffolding being used by employees “substandard,” OSHA has issued nearly $300,000 in fines against Massachusetts employers A.C. Castle/Daryl J. Provencher. Three roofing workers employed by ...