OSHA Inspection: BUESO CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Oct 30, 2007

Abate by

Nov 2, 2007

Penalty

Initial $625 · Current $625

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:
The employer did not furnish to each of his employees 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 a fall
hazard:
On or about 10/15/07, employees placing roof trusses were exposed to a
fall hazard of
approximately 20-25 feet due to a potential truss collapse from a lack of
diagonal bracing and
the storage of trusses on uneven ground.
Among other methods, a feasible and acceptable method of abatement would
be to install bracing
and store trusses, as specified in the Wood Truss Council of America and
Truss Plate Institute
publication BSCI-1-03 "Guide for Handling, Installing & Bracing of Metal
Plate Connected
Wood Trusses".