OSHA Inspection: BRESCIA CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

2001-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00 · Current $1500.00

General-duty citation text

Section 5 (a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not
furnish employement 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, caught in between and or
falling from a
collapsing prefabricated wood roof truss system in that the trusses were
not properly braced
to prevent their collapse.
a)Brandywine Valley Baptist Church, 7 Mount Lebanon Road, Wilmington, DE
19803 -  The
trusses collapsed while under going construction when the workers were
loosening bracing to
remove and reposition a roof truss on 08/29/00.
Among others, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this
hazard is to
develop a roof truss erection plan in accordance to the design and
installation
recommendations for the temporary bracing of roof trusses of the HIB-91
"Summary Sheet,
Commentary and Recommendations for Handling, Installing & Bracing Metal
Plate
Connected Wood Trusses" issued by the Truss Plate Institute.

Issued

2001-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00 · Current $1500.00

Issued

2001-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00 · Current $1500.00

Issued

2001-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-02-23 00:00:00