OSHA Inspection: SOUTHEAST CONTRACTORS OF NORTH FLORIDA, INC.

Issued

Jun 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $10,780 · Current $6,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:    a. On or about June 4, 2014, roof area, employees installing a TPO Roof System (rubber mat type) on a 1:12 pitch roof were not protected from falling 10 feet by the use of a guardrail system, safety net system, personal fall arrest system or any other type fall protection method.    The Southeast Contractors of North Florida, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 530099, citation number 01, item number 001 and was affirmed as a final order on September 11, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 142 Cove Hollow Street, Lot 3, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.    The Southeast Contractors of North Florida, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313880593, citation number 02, item number 001 and was affirmed as a final order on February 14, 2011, with respect to a workplace located at 701 Harrison Ave, Panama City, Florida.

Issued

Jun 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $10,780 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) are used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladders length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:    a. On or about June 4, 2014, roof area over the kitchen, employees used a Beuer 10- foot extension ladder that did not extend 3 feet over the landing and was not secured to prevent accidental displacement, exposing the employees to fall hazards.    The Southeast Contractors of North Florida, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 530099, citation number 01, item number 002 and was affirmed as a final order on September 11, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 142 Cove Hollow Street, Lot 3, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.