A Newark construction contractor faces $328,545 in fines for exposing employees to falls from elevations.
RRC Home Improvement Inc. has been repeatedly cited by federal officials, and the fall risks they have subjected employees to are the leading cause of fatalities and roofing injuries nationwide.
According to a Department of Labor report, RRC have been the focus of five inspections since 2017. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited the company for “failing to provide workers with fall protection and added RRC Home Improvement to the agency’s Severe Violators Enforcement Program given the willful nature of the fall-related offenses.”
Roofing contractor repeatedly cited and faces $328,545 in fines
OSHA has investigated RRC repeatedly, including a worksite in Dover in June 2024 and two RRC worksites in Lodi in July 2024. The site in Dover was highlighted to the regulator after reports were submitted about employees working on a roof without any fall protection.
The two RRC worksites in Lodi further showed repeated breaches of safety and regulated equipment to avoid falls and incidents. The inspection presented a “lack of hard hats, eye protection, and fire extinguishers, non-compliant pump jack scaffold poles, and unsafe ladder use,” to add to the fall risks.
“Failing to provide and use fall protection when working at elevation – in this case on rooftops – is a disaster waiting to happen,” said OSHA Area Director Lisa Levy in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. “Despite being cited multiple times since 2017, RRC Home Improvement continues to disregard critical safety standards, putting workers at grave risk. Falls remain the leading cause of fatalities and serious injuries in the construction industry, making this repeated negligence unacceptable.”
RRC Home Improvement Inc. has operated since 2006. The company is a commercial, specialty, and residential roofing contractor throughout New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
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