Falls from ladders ... safety survey had to say: “I was shingling the roof, and I had my two kids out there,” the 53-year-old maintenance worker recalled. Novak cobbled together a scaffold ...

OSHA has cited a Quincy, Mass., contractor for 15 alleged serious violations of safety standards following the collapse of a ladder jack scaffold at a worksite in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood.

"These citations address basic construction safety hazards that should not ... fall protection on the building's roof and on a ladder jack scaffold, exposing them to falls of nearly 19 feet.

“Instead of purchasing and using scaffold-grade planking that could support the load, this employer needlessly gambled with the safety and well-being of its employees.” The incident occurred as the ...