OSHA Inspection: STREETER CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2010-03-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2010-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $2100.00

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of North Carolina:  The
employer did not furnish each of his employees conditions of employment
and a place of employment free from
recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious
physical harm to employees in that
employees were exposed to fall from/struck by hazards:
a) job site, church sanctuary - On, or about January 14, 2010, two
employees were working at a
height of 10' 2" above wooden floor (inside) and 16' 1" above the ground
(outside); and one
employee was working at a height of approximately 20' above wooden floor
installing  wood
trusses onto the top plate of a church under construction; when the truss
structure they were
working on collapsed due to inadequate lateral and diagonal bracing.
Abatement Note:
One feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to
follow the truss installation and
temporary bracing requirements of the Truss Plate Institute that were
provided
by the truss manufacturer and
was in the employer's possession at the job site.
Reference:  Hazards recognized and addressed in the industry standards
"Guide for Handling, Installing, and
Bracing of Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses" (BCSI-B1) and "Truss
Installation and Temporary Bracing"
BCSI-B2), both of which are jointly produced by the Truss Plate Institute
and the Wood Truss Council of
America.

Issued

2010-03-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2010-04-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $2100.00

Issued

2010-03-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2010-04-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $2100.00