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The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined a Newberg contractor $135,407 for repeatedly failing to protect employees from work-related hazards.

In one of the violations, View Top Construction LLC reportedly did not ensure workers were protected from falls of 6 feet or more to a lower level by using a protection system.

Under Oregon OSHA’s penalty structure, penalties significantly increase for repeat violations.

The division cited View Top Construction following an inspection of a jobsite in Hillsboro where work was being done on the roof of a house. The division conducted the inspection under its prevention-based emphasis program addressing fall hazards in all industries.

The inspection reportedly found an employee installing roofing material while not fully implementing a fall protection system the company had provided. The employee was wearing a fall protection harness, but it was not connected to a fall protection anchor. View Top Construction’s violation exposed the employee to a fall of as high as 17 feet to the ground, according to the inspection.

Oregon OSHA cited the company for three violations of the Oregon Safe Employment Act. Those reported violations were:

• Failure to ensure fall protection systems were implemented where employees were exposed to a hazard of falling 6 feet or more to a lower level. It was a third repeat violation. The penalty was $84,996.
• Failure to ensure that the side rails of an extension ladder used by employees extended at least 3 feet above the roofline. It was a first repeat violation. The penalty was $38,883.
• Failure to ensure employees used eye protection as they operated pneumatic nail guns. It was a first repeat violation. The penalty was $11,528.

Topics Workers' Compensation Contractors Oregon