OSHA Inspection: JOHN WHIGHAM SHEETING, INC.

Issued

Feb 17, 2016

Abate by

Mar 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $53,900 · Current $53,900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels are not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor are employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):   a. The employer fails to assure effective protection against falls as required by the standard, as demonstrated on August 26, 2015 on Lot #28, when employees are working on a residential roof installing OSB board roof sheathing without fall protection and were exposed to falls of approximately 9 feet.  John Whigham Sheeting, Inc., previously committed a willful-serious violation of this standard on April 11, 2014, with respect to a workplace at 367 Trellis Bay Drive, Saint Augustine, FL 32092, which became a final order on June 25, 2015, (Inspection No. 967461).    John Whigham Sheeting, Inc., previously committed a serious violation of this standard on December 12, 2013, with respect to a workplace at 115 9th Ave. N, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250, which became a final order on January 14, 2014, (Inspection No. 951798).