OSHA has inspected Southern Structures Incorporated 2 times in Florida since 1983.
The latest one began on Oct 3, 2023 on a referral, in Ocala.
Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $6,250 and now stand at $4,375, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
Woodworking machinery comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.213.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Southern Structures Incorporated averages $4,375 (1 cited inspection).
Southern Structures Incorporated also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Ocala site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 16 workers: 31.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 133 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Southern Structures, Inc
Ocala · 2025
16
2
2
31.2
4.6
Southern Structures Inc.
Ocala · 2023
16
2
2
11.8
4.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
An employee was going up a ladder from the first level roof to the second level roof. The ladder slipped and the employee fell approximately 8 to 10 feet to the surface on the first level. The employee sustained fractures to three ribs and bruises on their arms and hands.
An employee was operating a table saw to cut a piece of wood. As they went to push the wood through the saw, the employee's finger was struck by the rotating blade resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.
An employee was operating a table saw when he cut his left thumb and was hospitalized.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1)
(p) Operation of the truck. (1) If at any time a powered industrial truck is found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the truck shall be taken out of service until it has been restored to safe operating condition.
(c) Hand-fed ripsaws. (1) Each circular hand-fed ripsaw shall be guarded by a hood which shall completely enclose that portion of the saw above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut. The hood and mounting shall be arranged so that the hood will automatically adjust itself to the thickness of and remain in contact with the material being cut but it shall not offer any considerable resistance to insertion of material to saw or to passage of the material being sawed. The hood shall be made of adequate strength to resist blows and strains incidental to reasonable operation, adjusting, and handling, and shall be so designed as to protect the operator from flying splinters and broken saw teeth. It shall be made of material that is soft enough so that it will be unlikely to cause tooth breakage. The hood shall be so mounted as to insure that its operation will be po
29 CFR 1910.213(c)(2)
(2) Each hand-fed circular ripsaw shall be furnished with a spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back on the operator. The spreader shall be made of hard tempered steel, or its equivalent, and shall be thinner than the saw kerf. It shall be of sufficient width to provide adequate stiffness or rigidity to resist any reasonable side thrust or blow tending to bend or throw it out of position. The spreader shall be attached so that it will remain in true alignment with the saw even when either the saw or table is tilted. The provision of a spreader in connection with grooving, dadoing, or rabbeting is not required. On the completion of such operations, the spreader shall be immediately replaced.
Other manufactured home (mobile home) manufacturing employers in Florida
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
