OSHA Inspection: RICK WININGER

Issued

Nov 25, 2003

Abate by

Dec 1, 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 in
that employees were
exposed to the hazard of falling from the metal plate connected wood roof
trusses that were
subject to potential movement due to the lack of proper temporary bracing
and employees were
also exposed to the hazard of being struck by falling metal plate
connected wood trusses that
may experience movement, and/or collapse, due to the lack of proper
temporary bracing:
a. At the construction site of a single family home located at 9358 Noddy
Tern Road,
Weeki Wachee, Florida. The metal plate connected wood roof trusses were
installed on
or about 07/20/03 without proper temporary bracing. The trusses had four
pieces of 2x4
in various lengths bracing the top chord of the trusses. No bracing was
used at the two
gable ends. The east side gable end had a 2x4 nailed to the top and run to
the ground
without being secured at ground level. At the west side gable end a
plywood strip of
about 8 feet long cut at 3 inches wide was used for bracing. The entire
collection of
trusses over the main house (excluding the garage) were put in place with
inadequate
bracing and subsequently collapsed exposing employees to fall hazards and
"struck-by"
hazards.
One feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct these hazards is
to install the
roof trusses in accordance with the Truss Plate Institute's
recommendations which are
contained in HIB-91, Recommendations For Handling, Installing and Bracing
Metal Plate
Connected Wood Trusses. The truss manufacturer provides a copy of the
"HIB-91
Summary Sheet" with the delivery of the trusses and the engineering
installation drawings
for the trusses refer to the HIB-91 for proper handling, installing and
bracing.
The
Standard Building Code refers to the HIB-91 for handling, installing and
bracing of metal
plate connected wood trusses.

Issued

Nov 25, 2003

Abate by

Dec 28, 2003