Contractor Faces Fine for Violating OSHA Settlement, New Charges

July 20, 2021, 7:08 PM UTC

A roofing contractor in Bergen County, N.J., faces more than $600,000 in penalties after allegedly failing to abide by a 2020 settlement crafted with OSHA to make safety improvements.

Lodi-based Janiec Roofing Inc. violated the November 2020 settlement it reached with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for violating fall protection rules and other safety issues, and has been issued 10 more citations after follow-up inspections revealed continued violations, OSHA said in a statement Tuesday.

Two 2019 inspections resulted in nine proposed citations and $121,687 in fines. OSHA documents show that the company failed to provide adequate fall protection to ...

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