text: OSHA regulations require the employer to provide fall protection equipment & training. If an accident happens, it is determined employer "willfully" failed to provide either or both, cost of the fine can be very high. 
  
  This on top of lawsuits can shut a contractor down. Sad to say way to many utterly incompetent contractors.
  
  https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/fallprotection/