OSHA Inspection: ELEVATE FLORIDA BUILDERS, LLC

Issued

2025-06-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4256.00 · Current $2128.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(2):Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:  a. On or about May 7, 2025, at 865 North Courtenay Blvd, Merritt Island, FL: employees were exposed to 9 feet fall hazard while working from a scaffold platform was not at least 18 inches wide.

Issued

2025-06-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used. Cross braces were used as a means of access:   a. On or about May 7, 2025, at 865 North Courtenay Blvd, Merritt Island, FL: the employer did not ensure that a safe means of access was provided to employees engaged in in framing activities, exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 9 feet.

Issued

2025-06-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4256.00 · Current $2128.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(15): Each employee on a walking/working surface 6 feet (1.8 meters) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by a guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:  a. On or about May 7, 2025, at 865 North Courtenay Blvd, Merritt Island, FL: employees were exposed to 9 feet fall hazard while conducting construction activities from a scaffold, fall protection was not used.  b. On or about May 7, 2025, at 865 North Courtenay Blvd, Merritt Island, FL: employees were exposed to 14 feet fall hazard while conducting construction activities from a 2:12 pitched roof, fall protection was not used.

Issued

2025-06-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $1419.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  a. On or about May 7, 2025, at 865 North Courtenay Blvd, Merritt Island, FL: employees were exposed to 14 feet fall hazard while conducting roofing activities on a 2:12 pitched roof, in that, the rails of the ladders did not extend at least three feet above the roof landing.

Issued

2025-06-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(4):Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a. On or about May 7, 2025, at 865 North Courtenay Blvd, Merritt Island, FL: Employees engaged in roofing activities, using a Werner A-frame ladder, were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 9 feet in that the ladder was not used for the purpose that it was designed.