OSHA Inspection: GREAT WHITE CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Sep 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $62,741 · Current $62,741

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. Employees performing re-roofing work are not being protected from a 21 feet 8 inches fall hazard by the use of fall protection system.  The employer routinely fails to assure effective protection against falls as required by the standard, as demonstrated on August 1, 2017, when employees were re-roofing a commercial building at 1601 University Blvd. N., Jacksonville, Florida without fall protections and were exposed to fall hazard of up to 21 feet 8 inches above the surrounding ground.  Great White Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1190635, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on April 18, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 10 Warner Place, Palm Coast, FL 32164.  Great White Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1183753, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on April 18, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 1720 A1A South Street, Saint Augustine, FL 32080.  Great White Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1181361, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on April 18, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 2621 Sunrise Ridge Lane, Jacksonville, FL 32211.  Great White Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1168041, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on February 15, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 11315 Landing Estates Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32257.  Great White Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1147180, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on October 11, 2016, with respect to a workplace located at 14609 Swansea Court, Jacksonville, FL 32258.  Great White Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 997948, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on April 15, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 228 Melissa Ray Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32225.  Great White Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 996902, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on April 15, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 4324 Queensway Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32257.  Great White Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 983753, citation number 2, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on September 30, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 11645 Fallingleaf Trail, Jacksonville, FL 32258.  Great White Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 959679, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on April 23, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 96 Bayside Drive, Palm Coast, FL 32137.  Great White Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 941605, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on November 6, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 1421 Chablis Court North, Orange Park, FL 32067.  Great White Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 931265, citation number 1, item number 2, and was affirmed as a final order on November 6, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 2276 Gabriel Drive, Orange Park, FL 32073.  Great White Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 447093, citation number 1, item number 2, and was affirmed as a final order on June 27, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 12957 Everett Street, Jacksonville, FL 32225.