An Illinois roofing contractor has agreed to pay $365,576 in penalties stemming from a workplace safety citation after the U.S. Department of Labor moved to seize his company’s assets.
The DOL said Tuesday that Waukegan-based roofer Joshua Herion and his company, ECS Roofing Professionals Inc. — which had been cited nine times dating back to 2014 for exposing employees to falls from roofs — paid the penalties after the department prepared to seize assets as part of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s debt collection program.
A federal court in January ordered Mr. Herion and ECS to pay the penalties, along with attorneys fees and interest.
The citation and penalties stemmed from workplace safety inspections in 2022. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission affirmed the citation in March 2023.