OSHA Inspection: FLORIDA ROOF SPECIALISTS, INC

Issued

Apr 3, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,056 · Current $4,056

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a. At a temporally jobsite located at 1 White Hurst Lane, in Palm Coast, FL: On or about March 18, 2024, Florida Roof Specialists, Inc. failed to ensure that its sub-contractor The Brothers Platinum Roof, Inc. protected its employees from the hazards of struck by such as head injuries, while performing housekeeping and passing materials to employees at the roof level and not wearing hard hats.

Issued

Apr 3, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,084 · Current $6,084

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1):  Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's 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. At a temporally jobsite located at 1 White Hurst Lane, in Palm Coast, FL: On or about March 18, 2024, Florida Roof Specialists, Inc. failed to ensure that its sub-contractor The Brothers Platinum Roof, Inc. protected its employees from fall hazards, in that the employees were allowed to use a ladder that the rails did not extend 3 feet above the upper landing surface of the roof at the eave and ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect.

Issued

Apr 3, 2024

Abate by

Apr 29, 2024

Penalty

Initial $14,195 · Current $14,195

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 were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   a. Employees performing roofing work at elevations of six feet or more above the ground are not being protected from fall hazards by a fall protection system: Florida Roof Specialists, Inc. fails to assure effective protection against fall as required by the standard, as demonstrated on March 18, 2024, when eight (8) subcontracting employees performing roofing work on a 5:12 roof pitch of a house located at 1 White Hurst Lane, in Palm Coast, Florida, were exposed to the fall hazards, in that subcontracting employees did not use fall protection system.  The Florida Roof Specialists, Inc. was previously cited for a Serious 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 1596522, citation number 1, item number 2, and was affirmed as a final order on 07-20-2022, with respect to a workplace located at 9447 Thorn Glen Road in Jacksonville, Florida 32208.