OSHA Reaches Settlement with Ohio Contractor to Resolve Citations After Fatal Fall, Workers’ Injuries
An industrial insulation contractor in Ohio entered into a settlement agreement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to resolve litigation prompted by the findings of a June 2020 investigation into the fatal fall of one worker and serious injuries suffered by three others after they fell from a roof and scaffold at an indoor horse-riding facility in Mars, Pa.
An OSHA investigation determined that three employees of Industrial Insulation and Coatings LLC were installing metal shingles on a steep-pitched roof at the riding facility when one of the workers lost his balance and fell from the roof. His fall caused two more workers to fall from the roof and a fourth, employed by another company, to fall from a ladder jack scaffold. OSHA inspectors found none of the workers wore required fall protection.