OSHA Inspection: BUILT-RITE CONSTRUCTION OF BREVARD

Issued

Jan 8, 1992

Abate by

Jan 13, 1992

Penalty

Initial $300 · Current $300

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which
were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause
death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were
exposed to being struck by falling trusses or falling because of
collapsing trusses:
a)  On or about 10/05/91, employees were exposed to the hazard
of collapsing trusses due to inadequate temporary bracing among
other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method
to correct this hazard is for the employer to follow the Truss
Plate Institute's Bracing Wood Trusses "BWT-76" for using 2"
x 4" temporary bracing also applying bracing to three planes
of reference in the roof system to insure stability:  1.  Top
chord (sheathing) plane.  2.  Web member plane or vertical
plane perpendicular to trusses, and  3.  Bottom chord (ceiling)
plane.  Also, the first truss to be erected must be well braced
as indicated in Figure 2 of BWT-76 in addition, each truss,
as it is installed, should be temporarily braced, as it is
erected, until the longer 2 x 4 bracing can be installed.

Issued

Jan 8, 1992

Abate by

Jan 13, 1992

Penalty

Initial $225 · Current $225

Issued

Jan 8, 1992

Abate by

Jan 13, 1992