J & L Roofing Inc.

Pompano Beach, FL 2022 Construction Contractors

OSHA Region 4 Fall Protection Willful Fall Arrest Training Failure Repeat Osha Violation

Penalty

$74,751

Deaths

Outcome

OSHA proposed $74,751 in penalties after a J & L Roofing worker fell 25 feet from a two-story Davie, Florida residence on January 19, 2022 and died 29 days later; OSHA found one willful violation for no fall protection, noting the company had received a prior citation for the same hazard.

Details

J & L Roofing Inc. — Fatal 25-Foot Fall / Willful OSHA Violation (2022)

Outcome: OSHA proposed $74,751 in penalties after a J & L Roofing Inc. worker fell 25 feet from a two-story Davie, Florida residence on January 19, 2022 and died from his injuries 29 days later; OSHA found a willful fall-protection violation because the company had previously received a citation for the same hazard and failed to correct it.

J & L Roofing Inc., a Pompano Beach, Florida roofing contractor operated by president Juan Alcocer and vice president Maria Delgado, allowed employees to tear off an existing roof at a two-story residential property in Davie, Florida without any fall protection in place. On January 19, 2022, a worker fell approximately 25 feet from the roof. He was taken to a hospital and died from his injuries 29 days later.

OSHA investigated and found that J & L Roofing had previously received a citation for substantially the same fall protection violation at an earlier inspection — meaning the company had been formally notified by OSHA of the hazard and failed to take corrective action. Based on this failure to heed the prior citation, OSHA classified the fall protection violation as willful rather than serious. The agency also cited a serious violation for failing to train workers on the correct use of fall arrest systems.

Total proposed penalties were $74,751. The case is one of hundreds of Florida roofing contractor citations filed annually by OSHA's Region 4 office, which consistently documents roofing as one of the highest-fatality construction trades in the Southeast United States.

Primary Source: Pompano Beach contractor's failure to heed prior violation left roofing workers unprotected, investigation into employee's 25-foot fatal fall finds

How Crucible Prevents This

A prior-citation tracking tool that flags contractors who have received OSHA fall protection citations and continue to work without correcting the hazard is a direct Crucible enforcement control. A pre-job fall protection plan requirement — documenting the fall arrest or guardrail system in place before roofing work begins — is a Crucible workflow control applicable to any roofing subcontract. A worker training verification tracker confirming all roofing crew members have been trained on fall arrest systems before each job would have caught the training failure cited alongside the willful violation.

Source: Pompano Beach contractor's failure to heed prior violation left roofing workers unprotected, investigation into employee's 25-foot fatal fall finds

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