OSHA Inspection: THE BUILDING CENTER, INC.

Issued

Aug 1, 2002

Abate by

Aug 19, 2002

Penalty

Initial $1,250 · Current $1,250

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of North Carolina:  The employer did not furnish to
each of his employees conditions of 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:
a)roof truss production area, operators of the MiTek Roof
Glider were not provided with training per manufacturer's
operator manual instructions.
One feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard
is to provide and ensure that the operators are
thoroughly familiar with the instructions on operating
the MiTek Roof Glider as provided in section II and III
of the MiTek Industries, Inc. Roofglider Operating and
Maintenance Manual.  This instruction includes, but is
not limited to:
(1)inspecting the area around the machine prior to
starting it;
(2)testing the machine operations including the
emergency safety bars and emergency stop controls
(3)becoming familiar with the warnings, such as "Never
operate the Roof glider without all guards in place
and operational."

Issued

Aug 1, 2002

Abate by

Aug 6, 2002

Penalty

Initial $1,250 · Current $1,250