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OSHA Inspection: R.L. BURNS, INC.

Referral inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of R.L. BURNS, INC. in 10840 MIROMAR OUTLET DRIVE, ESTERO, FL 33928 (NAICS 236220). OSHA activity number 306998543.

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Establishment
R.L. BURNS, INC.
Site address
10840 MIROMAR OUTLET DRIVE
City
ESTERO
State
FL
ZIP
33928
Mailing
316 NORTH PARRAMORE AVENUE, ORLANDO, FL 32801
Inspection type
Referral (C)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Data loaded
NAICS code
236220
SIC code (legacy)
1542
Employees
10
Ownership type
A
Industry flags
Construction safety.

1 citation on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Dec 17, 2003
Abate by
Dec 25, 2003
Penalty
Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500
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.
Employees were also exposed to the hazard of being struck by falling metal
plate connected
wood roof trusses that may experience movement, and/or collapse, due to
the lack of proper
temporary bracing:
a) At the construction site of the Bank of America building located at
10840 Miromar Outlet
Drive, Estero, Florida.  The metal plate connected wood roof trusses which
were being
installed, on or about 9/6/03, were not installed with the proper required
temporary bracing.
Short 30 inch pieces of 2x4 lumber were used between adjacent trusses for
spacing and
temporary bracing.  All bracing connections were not made with a minimum
of 2-16d nails.
The top chords of the roof trusses were not provided with the proper
required lateral and
diagonal temporary bracing.  A registered professional engineer did not
provide the
necessary information for the lateral and diagonal bracing when the truss
span was more than
60 feet.
One feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct these hazards is
to install the roof
trusses in accordance the Truss Plate Institutes 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 truss information, and their Design Criteria
refers
to the HIB-91 for
proper handling, installing and bracing.
The Standard Building Code also refers to the HIB-91 for handling,
installing and bracing of
metal plate connected wood trusses.

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