OSHA Inspection: WOODS CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Jun 29, 2006

Abate by

Jul 12, 2006

Penalty

Initial $1,050 · Current $1,050

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employmnent 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 struck by/caught between hazards:
(a)  On or about May 31, 2006 at the Condos on Route 98 in Fairview, PA; an
employee was working inside trusses that had been erected on the roof of
the
condo.  The bracing of the trusses was inadequate because the only bracing
between trusses was the metal spacers and one small diaganol piece of wood
at
the southwest corner of the roof.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE METHOD OF
ABATEMENT WOULD BE TO FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURER'S
RECOMMENDATIONS ON ROOF TRUSS ERECTION OR THE BSCI 1-03 ISSUED BY
THE WOOD TRUSS COUNCIL OF AMERICA AND THE TRUSS PLATE INSTITUTE.

Issued

Jun 29, 2006

Abate by

Jul 12, 2006

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

Issued

Jun 29, 2006

Abate by

Jul 26, 2006