An administrative law judge has instructed a Rochester commercial roofing company to pay a $16,782 financial penalty for two serious fall protection and ladder safety violations. The news comes after an extensive Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigation into Elmer W. Davis Inc., which allegedly revealed multiple safety violations. These results included the roofing company’s inability to protect an employee from “a 40-foot fall hazard as they stood near the edge of a roof to guide a crane’s operation. OSHA also alleged the company allowed workers to use an unsafe ladd…