Elkview roofing contractor willfully fails to provide fall protection to workers, exposing them to falls of up to nearly 20 feet

The following press release was published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Sept. 28, 2015. It is reproduced in full below.

Proposed penalties: $49,700

Quote: "K&N's deliberate choice not to provide its workers with fall protection when it was readily available is inexcusable," said Prentice Cline,OSHA's area director in Charleston. "Employers in the construction industry are well aware that falls are the leading cause of injuries and deaths. Providing fall protection and other necessary safeguards, along with employee training, saves lives."

View the citations: https://www.osha.gov/ooc/citations/KNContracting_1082728092115.pdf

To ask questions; obtain compliance assistance; file a complaint; or report amputations, eye loss, workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Charleston Area Office at 304-347-5937

Source: Occupational Safety and Health Administration