In June 2022, federal safety inspectors observed C.R.H. Roofing LLC, Middlefield, Ohio, exposing workers to deadly fall hazards at two separate job sites in Tallmadge, Ohio, and Columbia Station, Ohio, according to osha.gov. The company is not an NRCA member.
Following its June investigations, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $363,890 in penalties for C.R.H. Roofing after the agency identified four willful and two repeat violations during inspections June 3 and June 9, 2022. After three previous inspections in 2019 and 2021, the company faced more than $51,000 in penalties, which remain unpaid. With these additional penalties, the company now owes more than $414,000 in OSHA fines.
At both worksites in June 2022, inspectors observed roofing workers at heights greater than 6 feet without fall protection and lacking eye protection while using pneumatic nail guns. The company also allowed ladders to be used improperly.
OSHA has placed the company in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
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