A Waukegan-based roofing contractor paid $365,576 in penalties and interest for violating federal workplace standards and endangering employees, according to a U.S. Department of Labor release. The payment came after the Department of Labor moved to seize the contractor’s assets as part of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) debt collection program, the release said. According to the news release, the employer, Joshua Herion, “repeatedly expos(ed) employees to falls from elevations.” Falls are the leading cause of death and serious injuries in the construction industry, it said. “Every year, too many construction workers fall victim to the leading cause of workplace fatalities in the industry because employers fail to provide or use fall protection,” said Bill Donovan, OSHA Chicago Region Administrator, in the release. Since 2014, OSHA cited Herion and his company, ECS Roofing Professionals Inc., nine times for violations related to fall protections, the release stated. In January 2024, a federal court ordered Herion to pay the outstanding penalties, attorney’s fees and interest for the violations, according to the news release. “The Department of Labor took unprecedented action to force Joshua Herion and his company, ECS Roofing Professionals Inc., to respond to a federal court and pay more than $360,000 in penalties for putting his workers’ lives and well-being in danger repeatedly,” Christine Heri, Regional Solicitor of Labor in Chicago, said in the release. Using the judgment by District Judge Elaine E.

 

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