The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday that it reached an agreement with an Ohio roofing contractor to settle a dozen workplace safety violations for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards.
The department said Millersburg-based Charm Builders Ltd. agreed to pay $730,000 in penalties and implement enhanced compliance measures in the settlement agreement, which affirms six egregious-willful and five repeat violations and one serious violation.
The citation for the violations was issued following a March 2022 inspection initiated after OSHA received a complaint that alleged the company failed to provide fall protection to employees replacing a roof on a two-story office building in Wheeling.
The citation marked the 12th time OSHA cited the company since 2009 for similar violations.
As part of the settlement, the company agreed to hire a safety consultant to evaluate its safety program and it said it would institute all improvements recommended in the report.
Charm Builders performs roofing and siding work in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.