Probe of 15-year-old’s severe injuries exposes JGN Services’ disregard of safety, wage laws
ORLANDO, FL – It’s likely that the decisions Juan Felipe Gomez Toro made one day in February 2022 turned out to be more costly to his Lake Mary roofing contracting company than he might have imagined.
An inspection of a JGN Services LLC worksite in Orlando by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a 15-year-old minor fell approximately 20 feet from the roof of a two-story home in Orlando determined the contractor’s failure to ensure the use of federally required fall protection led the teenager to suffer severe head and spinal injuries, and spend six days in a hospital to begin his recovery.
In addition to finding the employer failed to install a guardrail, safety net or personal fall arrest system for employees doing roofing work, OSHA determined JGN Services allowed the improper use of ladders and did not train workers to recognize fall hazards. OSHA issued the employer citations for three serious violations with $8,702 in penalties in July 2022.
“Falls in construction continues to be a leading cause, and maybe one of the most preventable, for severe injury and death in the workplace,” said OSHA Area Office Director Sarah Carle in Orlando, Florida. “Employers must take every precaution – such as using fall protection and training workers to recognize hazards – to make sure their employees end their shifts safely.”
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