The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Missouri roofing contractor after an 18-year-old worker died following a 22-foot fall in March.
OSHA said Friday it cited Trenton-based Troyer Constructors LLP, operating as Troyer Roofing & Coatings, for one willful violation, three serious violations and one other-than-serious violation and proposed penalties of $205,369 following the workplace fatality.
The worker fell from the roof of a commercial building where he had been applying sealant. OSHA said that following the incident the company allowed a foreman and another employee to continue working that day without fall protection.
OSHA said Troyer failed to ensure that employees used proper fall protection and failed to train workers on protective equipment. The agency said the company had fall protection equipment available but made its use optional.
Troyer has 15 business days to contest the citation and proposed penalties.