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A 30-year-old roofer fell to his death while working on a jobsite in Portland, Maine, the Portland Press Herald reports. The company employing the roofer, Purvis Home Improvements, has been fined repeatedly by OSHA in recent years for safety violations.

Since 2012, Purvis Home Improvements of Saco has been ordered to pay more than $44,000 in fines for failing to meet fall-protection safety standards.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration confirmed it was conducting an inspection of the roofing and window installation company following the fatality.

According to the Portland Press Herald, the man fell from the third-story roof at a jobsite and was pronounced dead after being transported to a local hospital. OSHA has previously fined the company twice in 2012, in 2015, and earlier this year.

The most recent inspection – in February 2018 – recommended the largest monetary sanction of $24,390, but that case remains open and OSHA is awaiting payment of the fine, according to federal records.

The first fine came in April 2012, when inspectors found the company failed to provide fall prevention systems for workers on low-sloped roofs, and fined the company $2,000. That case is now closed.

Purvis has an A-plus rating from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and has been accredited through the BBB since 2003. The company's website says the owner is on site at every roofing job and the business is fully insured, according the Portland Press Herald.

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