The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) issued citations with penalties totaling $154,000 to RSB Construction Services LLC, Flint, Mich., for fall-protection violations. The company is not an NRCA member.
The citations are the outcome of MIOSHA Construction Safety and Health Division investigations involving two RSB Construction Services employees who fell on separate days from the same pole barn roof in Goodrich, Mich. One employee died a few weeks later because of injuries sustained, and the other employee sustained serious injuries.
The company was issued a total of one serious violation, two willful-serious violations and one other-than-serious violation for not providing fall protection for an employee engaged in roofing activities on a low-slope roof; not training employees in fall protection; and not coordinating an accident prevention program. The total combined penalty for the fatality investigation and companion inspection is $154,000.
The company has 15 working days from receipt of the MIOSHA citations to comply or contest the violations and penalties.
