OSHA Inspection: LILIAN MAURICIO

Issued

Jul 29, 1998

Abate by

Aug 3, 1998

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended, as
follows:
A.  Employer knew or should have known that employees were exposed to the
hazard of
being struck by or falling from a collapsing wood roof truss system, in
that the trusses didn't
have enough top chord lateral bracing and no diagonal or cross bracing
from top chord to
bottom chord, according to the Truss Plate Institutes HIB-91 manufacturers
recommendations
for handling, installing, and bracing metal plate connected wood trusses
at the S, Q and N
wings. A feasible and useful method to correct this hazard, among others,
is
to install trusses
in accordance with the Truss Plate Institutes "Bracing Wood Trusses",
HIB-91.
B.  Employer knew or should have known that employees were exposed to the
hazard of
being struck by or falling from a collapsing wood roof truss system, in
that the trusses didn't
have enough top chord lateral bracing and no diagonal or cross bracing
from top chord to
bottom chord, according to the Truss Plate Institutes HIB-91 manufacturers
recommendations
for handling, installing, and bracing metal plate connected wood trusses
at the R wing.  A
feasible and useful method to correct this hazard, among others, is to
instal trusses in
accordance with the Truss Plate Institutes "Bracing Wood Trusses", HIB-91.
C.  Employer knew or should have known that employees were exposed to the
hazard of
being struck by or falling from a collapsing wood roof truss system in
that the trusses didn't
have enough top chord lateral bracing and no diagonal or cross bracing
from top chord to
bottom chord, according to the Truss Plate Institutes HIB-91 manufacturers
recommendations
for handling, installing, and bracing metal plate connected wood trusses
at the P wing.  A
feasible and useful method to correct this hazard, among others, is to
install trusses in
accordance with the Truss Plate Institutes "Bracing Wood Trusses",
HIB-91.",