The Department of Labor has cited Elo Restoration LLC, Jacksonville, Fla, for exposing workers to dangerous fall hazards after a worker fell through a skylight on a residential roof, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The contractor is not an NRCA member.
On March 18, OSHA began an investigation at a Jacksonville site where Elo Restoration was working, operating as Elo Roofing. Two weeks later, OSHA began a separate investigation at the company’s job site in St. Johns, Fla., after learning a worker sustained injuries and required hospitalization after falling through a residential roof while removing skylight fixtures.
OSHA determined the company did not install guardrails, safety nets or personal fall-arrest systems at the worksite and did not provide employees with alternative fall-protection measures.
Elo Restoration LLC was cited with four willful, three repeat, a serious and two other-than-serious citations, totaling $752,846 in proposed penalties.
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