OSHA Fines Residential Contractor for 'Deliberate Lack of Concern' for Worker Safety

Roofing contractor Jasper Contractors Inc. is facing $140,000 in proposed penalties for two willful safety violations after the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) claims the contractor exposed workers to dangerous falls and other hazards while showing a deliberate lack of concern for worker safety on a Florida jobsite.

Citations were issued for the employer's failure to ensure employees were properly wearing fall protection equipment. Jasper exposed employees to the risk of an 8-foot fall. The other willful violation resulted from the company's failure to ensure workers were wearing eye protection while using powered nail guns.

Since 2007, the agency has completed 19 inspections, resulting in 34 violations for Jasper Contractors. The violations include willful, serious and repeat classifications for a lack of fall, eye and face protection and ladder safety.

"Jasper Contractors shows a deliberate lack of concern for the safety of its employees by refusing to comply with fall protection and other OSHA standards," said Brian Sturtecky, OSHA's area director in Jacksonville, FL.

The company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and proposed penalties to comply, request a conference with OSHA's area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

View the citations against Jasper Contractors Inc.