OSHA Inspection: PORT CITY STRUCTURES, INC.

Issued

Sep 14, 2007

Abate by

Sep 18, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

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 falling trusses:
a)  On August 21, 2007, employees working on the roof and inside of the
fitness center building
on Lawrence Drive were exposed to the hazard of truss collapse due to the
lack of adequate
diagonal truss bracing.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable abatement methods to correct
this hazard
would be to:
Comply with the October, 2006 Building Component Safety Information Guide
to Good
Practice for Handling, Installing, Restraining, and Bracing of Metal Plate
Connected
Wood Trusses: " It is critical to note that all lateral restraint must be
stabilized
by
diagonal bracing installed in the same plane.  Lateral restraint by itself
is not adequate
without the added rigidity of triangulation from the diagonal bracing."
No Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required.tion

Issued

Sep 14, 2007

Abate by

Sep 18, 2007

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750