The Department of Labor has cited Orchids Builders LLC, Orlando, Fla., for willfully exposing workers to risks of falls at residential job sites, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The company is not an NRCA member.
On Jan. 21, OSHA investigators found Orchids Builders exposed workers to a 10-foot fall hazard by failing to provide them with fall protection while they worked on a roof at a job site in Rockledge, Fla. Additionally, on March 10, investigators found the company exposed a worker to a 9-foot fall hazard while installing metal hurricane clips at another Rockledge job site.
OSHA also found Orchids Builders did not prepare and maintain written fall-protection training certificates for employees at both worksites; did not ensure workers had eye protection while using nail guns; and allowed workers to use ladders with side rails that did not extend at least 36 inches above the roof landing.
OSHA cited Orchids Builders for two willful and four repeat violations and proposed $349,754 in penalties. The company has been inspected seven times since 2023, and all the cases included fall-protection violations.
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