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Two companies appeal OSHA fines in roofer’s fatal fall at Caldera HS construction site BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The general contractor and roofing subcontractor for the new Caldera High School under construction in southeast Bend have been fined about $6,000 in total for safety violations that Oregon OSHA alleges led to a roofer’s fatal fall last August. Both companies are appealing the fines. James Bickers, 37, of Bend, died last August 4 after a 40-foot fall from the roof of the school being built at Southeast 15 th Street and Knott Road, due for completion this fall. In a decision issued Dec. 31, River Roofing of Redmond was given a $3,600 proposed civil penalty for failing to “take all reasonable means” to ensure safety in the workplace. ....