OSHA Inspection: AXIS UTILITY, INC.

Issued

Sep 22, 2004

Abate by

Sep 28, 2004

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $375 Reduced

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:
a)  On or about August 28, 2004 employees erecting wood trusses in excess
of 45' 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 temporary top chord
diagonal and continuous
lateral bracing, continuous bottom chord lateral bracing, and web member
plane X bracing.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard would
be to follow temporary bracing recommendations of the manufacture,
temporary bracing
recommendations of a registered professional engineer or temporary bracing
recommendations
outlined in Wood Truss Council Of America WTCA-B1/WTCA-B2 Temporary
Erection
Bracing
Information or Truss Plate Institute HIB-91 Summary Sheet Commentary and
Recommendations
for Handling & Bracing Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses.

Issued

Sep 22, 2004

Abate by

Oct 4, 2004

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $375 Reduced

Issued

Sep 22, 2004

Abate by

Sep 28, 2004

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $375 Reduced

Issued

Sep 22, 2004

Abate by

Sep 28, 2004

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $375 Reduced

Issued

Sep 22, 2004

Abate by

Sep 28, 2004