OSHA Cites Ohio Roofing Contractor for 8th Time

For the eighth time since 2016, federal safety inspectors say they have found the owner of a Martin roofing company exposing roofers and other workers to the construction industry’s leading cause of death –falls from elevation – by failing to provide them with fall protection equipment and hazard training.

Altogether Roofing and owner Mike Krueger now face $300,144 in penalties after a Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspector observed eight employees working at heights up to 20 feet without fall protection while atop a Maumee residence on June 22, 2022.

Following the June inspection, the OSHA cited the contractor for five violations – three willful, one repeat and one serious – for exposing workers to fall hazards, failing to use ladders correctly, lacking an accident prevention program, failing to provide training on ladder usage and fall hazards, and failing to provide eye protection.

The contractor has 15 business days to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the findings.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1,008 construction workers died on the job in 2020, with 351 of those fatalities related to falls from elevation.