A Missouri contractor faces federal charges in the death of an employee, who plunged more than 30 feet to from Kansas City construction site in July, 2015.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is charging Fasttrack Erectors with violating OSHA regulations and causing the death of an employee. Eric Roach, a 22-year-old apprentice ironworker, had only been on the job for a few weeks when the accident occurred as he was standing on a 9-inch-wide steel girder on a building under construction. Roach had not been provided fall protection by Fasttrack Erectors.