OSHA Inspection: FRONTIER CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Dec 10, 2003

Abate by

Dec 16, 2003

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
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. On or about November 11, 2003 - at the above addressed jobsite,
employees erecting sixty
seven (67) foot five (5) inch span, wood, Pitched Trusses were exposed to
the hazards of falls
and/or being struck by falling trusses or other materials due to shifting
and collapse of the
trusses as a result of inadequate bracing and overloading.  One feasible
and acceptable abatement
method, among others, to correct this hazard would be to follow temporary
bracing
recommendations outlined in the Truss Plate Institute (TPI) HIB-91 Summary
Sheet Commentary
and Recommendations for Handling, Installing & Bracing Metal Plate
Connected Wood Trusses.
The TPI requires a professional engineer be used for trusses over sixty
(60) feet in span.