OSHA Inspection: COX CONSTRUCTION OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA, INC

Issued

Dec 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $9,847 · Current $5,908 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii).  a. At a temporally on a commercial building, located at 12689 Beach Boulevard, in Jacksonville, FL: On or about July 8, 2025, the employer exposed subcontractor's employees to fall hazards, in that subcontracted employees were allowed to work form working levels of scaffolds that were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii).

Issued

Dec 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a. At a temporally on a commercial building, located at 12689 Beach Boulevard, in Jacksonville, FL: On or about July 8, 2025, the employer failed to ensure the scaffold legs beared down on adequate firm foundations, exposing subcontractor's employees to a 13.9 foot fall hazard.

Issued

Dec 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.    a. At a temporally on a commercial building, located at 12689 Beach Boulevard, in Jacksonville, FL: On or about July 8, 2025, the employer exposed subcontractor's employees to fall hazards, in that ladders, ramps, walkways, or similar equipment was not provided to subcontracted employees to access a scaffold platform that was more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access.

Issued

Dec 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  a. At a temporally on a commercial building, located at 12689 Beach Boulevard, in Jacksonville, FL: On or about July 8, 2025, the employer exposed subcontractors' employees to struck-by and fall hazards, in that a scaffold system and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person, prior to employees performing work while supported by that that scaffold system.

Issued

Dec 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  a. At a temporally on a commercial building, located at 12689 Beach Boulevard, in Jacksonville, FL: On or about July 8, 2025, the employer exposed subcontractor employees to fall hazards, in that guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms prior to, and while employees using the scaffold system to access the ceiling joist to performed sheathing work.

Issued

Aug 26, 2025

Abate by

Sep 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $709 · Current $709

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.41(a)(1)(i): The establishment had 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and the establishment was classified in an industry listed in appendix A to subpart E of this part, and the employer did not electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee by the specified date:   a. Cox Construction of Northeast Florida, Inc. located at 2281 Windjammer Lane East, in Jacksonville, FL, 32224: On or about July 8, 2025, the employer failed to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A, Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses or equivalent form, for calendar year 2024 on or before March 2, 2025. The establishment employed approximately 29 employees during calendar year 2024, and was classified under the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) as 238130 - Framing Contractors.