OSHA Inspection: COLLIS ROOFING, INC.

Issued

May 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,300 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(19):   Personal fall arrest systems and components subjected to impact loading were not immediately removed from service and/or were reused before they were inspected by a competent person and determined to be suitable for reuse:    a.  On or about November 2, 2012, one employee was reusing a body harness that was previously subjected to an impact load event and it was not removed from service by the employer for inspection, exposing the employee to body injuries.

Issued

May 1, 2013

Abate by

May 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $70,000 · Current $51,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8m) or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph (b) of this section:      Employees performing roofing work on a roof 6 feet or more above ground are not protected from fall hazards by a fall protection system.        The employer fails to assure effective protection against falls as required by the standard, as demonstrated on November 2, 2012, when employees were working on a residential roof at 204 38th Ave. S., Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32250 without fall protection and were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 25 feet.      Collis Roofing, Inc., previously committed a repeat violation of this standard on June 9, 2012, with respect to a workplace at 2120 White Jasmine Court, Apopka, FL, which was reclassified to a serious violation and became a final order on August 29, 2012 (Inspection No. 472520).        Collis Roofing, Inc., previously committed a second repeat violation of this standard on September 16, 2011, with respect to a workplace at 3820 Catania Place, Jacksonville, FL, which was reclassified to a single repeat violation and became a final order on December 28, 2011 (Inspection No. 315479931).      Collis Roofing, Inc., previously committed a repeat violation of this standard March 23, 2011, with respect to a workplace at 4257 Isle Vista Avenue, Belle Isle, FL, which was reclassified to a serious violation and became a final order on May 18, 2011 (Inspection No. 315498089).        Collis Roofing, Inc., previously committed a repeat violation of this standard on March 1, 2011, with respect to a workplace at 125 Montura Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, which was reclassified to a serious violation and became a final order on March 28, 2011 (Inspection No. 313882136).        Collis Roofing, Inc., previously committed a serious violation of this standard on August 1, 2008, with respect to a workplace at 13785 Herons Landing Way, Jacksonville, FL, which became a final order on October 8, 2008 (Inspection No. 311816813).