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Oregon OSHA fines Beaverton contractor $317,587 over repeat fall hazards
Published 2026-10-17
Oregon OSHA fined Luka's General Construction $317,587 after inspectors found roofers in harnesses not connected to anchors at a Molalla jobsite. The fifth-repeat violations mark the sixth citation for the same requirements in under two years; the company has appealed.
On October 15, 2026, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division announced $317,587 in penalties against Luka's General Construction LLC of Beaverton after an inspection of a residential roofing jobsite in Molalla. State inspectors found employees working on the roof of a two-story house exposed to a fall hazard of as much as 19 feet while wearing full-body harnesses that were not connected to any fall protection anchor.
The citation lists three violations: failing to implement any fall protection system where employees faced a fall of 6 feet or more, a ladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above the roof surface for safe mounting, and missing certification records verifying employees were trained to recognize fall hazards. The fall protection and ladder violations were fifth-repeat violations, which Oregon OSHA says means the company was caught violating the same requirements for the sixth time in less than two years; they carry penalties of $167,294 and $138,146. The certification violation was a first-repeat with a $12,147 penalty, and Oregon's rules multiply penalties for repeat offenses.
Oregon OSHA says the company has corrected the fall protection and ladder violations and is under an order to correct the certification violation. Luka's General Construction has filed an appeal, so the penalties are proposed, not final. For residential roofing, framing and exterior crews, the case applies Oregon's existing fall-protection rules rather than announcing a new standard, and it shows how repeat-violation multipliers can compound a single jobsite inspection into a six-figure penalty.