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• Southwest Roofing and Siding Inc., Arlington Heights, Ill., must pay two fall-protection citations, totaling $4,000, because the period to contest the violations with a Wisconsin OSHA office has ended. The company was issued the citations Aug. 16 during a roofing job at 10610 Oklahoma Ave., West Allis.

• Architectural Wall Systems LLC, Jackson, must pay a $1,760 scaffolding citation and three general-safety-and-health-provisions citations, totaling $4,560, because the period to contest the violations with a Wisconsin OSHA office has ended. The company was issued the citations Aug. 16 during a drywall and insulation job at 2825 S. Green Bay Road, Racine.

• Dependable Contractors Inc., Hartford, must pay two abatement-verification citations, totaling $800, because the period to contest the violations with a Wisconsin OSHA office has ended. The company was issued the citations in connection with a roofing job on 17th Street in Milwaukee.

• Innovative Construction LLC, Milwaukee, must pay a $2,800 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violation with a Wisconsin OSHA office has ended. The company was issued the citation Oct. 18 during a finish carpentry job at 2575 N. Teutonia Ave., Milwaukee.

• Humberto Zarate, West Bend, must pay two stairways-and-ladders-training citations, totaling $4,800, because the period to contest the violations with a Wisconsin OSHA office has ended. The company was issued the citations Sept. 26 during a roofing job at 1504 S. 23rd St., Manitowoc.

• Nelson Roofing & Concrete, Cameron, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 19 to reduce a $2,000 fall-protection citation to $1,000. The company was issued the citation Nov. 8 during a siding job at 2851 Hedrickson Drive, Eau Claire.

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• Lake Country Construction Group LLC, Blanchardville, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 20 to reduce a $2,800 fall-protection citation to $1,680 and a $2,800 fall-protection-training citation to $1,680. The company was issued the citations Oct. 28 during a finish carpentry job at 1401 Emil St., Madison.

• Suburban Drywall Inc., Waukesha, reached a formal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 21 to reduce $2,800 fall-protection-training citation to $1,400. The company was issued the citation May 16 during a drywall and insulation job at 749 University Row, Madison.

• Building Restoration Inc., Sussex, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 21 to pay a $2,800 fall-protection citation and to reduce a $2,800 fall-protection-training citation to $0. The company was issued the citations Sept. 25 during a roofing job in Milwaukee.

• Rock and Tait Roofing LLC, Chippewa Falls, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 21 to reduce a $1,760 ladders citation to $1,232 and a $5,280 fall-protection citation to $3,696. The company was issued the citations Nov. 6 during a roofing job at 2502 Blakeley Ave., Eau Claire.

• Roof Masters, West Allis, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 22 to pay a $2,800 fall-protection citation and to reduce a $2,000 fall-protection-training citation to $0. The company was issued the citations Oct. 30 during a roofing job at 560 N. 108th Place, Wauwatosa.

• Anthony Construction JRD Inc., Bensenville, Ill., reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 26 to pay a $1,200 fall-protection citation and to reduce a $1,200 fall-protection-training citation to $0, a $1,200 general-safety-and-health-provisions citation to $720 and a $1,200 ladders citation to $0. The company was issued the citations Aug. 16 during a roofing job at 6215 57th Ave., Kenosha.

• J.F. Ahern Co., Fond du Lac, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 26 to reduce three control-of-hazardous-energy citations, totaling $14,000, to $7,500. The company was issued the citations Nov. 1 during a plumbing, heating and air conditioning job at 700 E. Jones St., Milwaukee.

• Ridgetop Roofing & Renovating, Clintonville, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 26 to pay a $2,000 fall-protection citation and a $2,000 ladders citation. The company was issued the citations Oct. 30 during a roofing job at 16 Ninth St., Clintonville.

• Milakovich Roof Maintenance Inc., De Pere, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 26 to pay a $1,200 fall-protection-training citation and to reduce a $2,400 fall-protection citation to $0. The company was issued the citations Oct. 31 during a roofing job at 1305 Wiesner St., Green Bay.

• Eau Claire Roofing Co. Inc., Chippewa Falls, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 26 to reduce a $2,000 fall-protection citation to $1,400. The company was issued the citation Nov. 8 during a roofing job at 2851 Hedrickson, Eau Claire.

• Aquality Roofing & Chimney LLC, Delavan, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 27 to reduce a $2,800 fall-protection citation to $1,960. The company was issued the citation Nov. 20 during a roofing job at 120 Brooke Lane, Delavan.

• CBS Custom Construction LLC, Oshkosh, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Dec. 3 to reduce a $2,000 fall-protection citation to $1,400. The company was issued the citation Nov. 4 during a roofing job at E885 Edgewood Drive, Appleton.