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I'm not sure when these contractors will learn and why the workers feel they are invincible. Condolences to the family who lost a loved one. I hope the contractor spends the 4-months thinking of their actions.

NY Roofing Contractor Sent to Prison for Failing to Protect Employee
• A New York roofing contractor was sentenced to four months in prison for failing to protect an employee who fell to his death.
• Jose Lema, the founder and principal owner of ALJ Home Improvement, was sentenced last week in a federal court that found that in 2022, he sent four employees without fall protection to install a roof on a three-story building. One of them died in a fall at the site.
• “Jose Lema endangered the safety of his workers by disregarding regulations and failing to ensure his employees used fall protection systems,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said.
• Williams said that the sentence “should send a message to small businesses that failure to comply with safety regulations endangers workers and can lead to unnecessary and preventable tragedy.” (source=OSHA Today news)

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Company faces $414,000 in fines
• OSHA proposed $363,890 in penalties for C.R.H. Roofing LLC in Ohio after the agency identified four willful and two repeat violations during inspections on June 3 and June 9, 2022.
• With these additional penalties, the company now owes more than $414,000 in OSHA fines for its workplace safety failures.
• Inspectors observed roofing workers at heights greater than 6 feet without fall protection and lacking eye protection while using pneumatic nail guns and the company also allowed ladders to be used improperly.
• After three previous inspections in 2019 and 2021, OSHA assessed C.R.H. more than $51,000 in penalties, which remain unpaid, and the agency has placed the company in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.