OSHA Inspection: RON KING DBA RON KING CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Oct 13, 2009

Abate by

Oct 16, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,050 · Current $600 Reduced

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 to each of his employees conditions of employment
and a place of em ployment 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 potential of being struck
by falling trusses due to a failure to
follow the manufacturer's recommendation or the Building Component Safety
Information (BCSI B1, B2, or
B3) Guide to Good Practice for Handling, Installing, and Bracing of Metal
Plate Connected Wood Trusses:
a)jobsite - on or about Sept 8, 2009 when approximately thirty-seven (37)
sixth-seven ft.
long wooden scissor trusses collapsed inward into the building when the
employer failed
to ensure that the following manufactures's recommendations, Wood Truss
Council of
America (WTCA), and those of the BCSI 1-3 were not followed:
(1)The employer failed to ensure that the top chord temporary lateral
restraint
spacing of four feet on center for truss spans of 60' to 80'  was being
maintained; and not at 13 feet on center.
(2)The employer failed to ensure that the web member plane bracing spacing
was
set at 10 -15 feet on center using one w-brace which made the spacing of
the
restraint 33 ft. center to center exceeded the allowable spacing.
(3)The employer failed to ensure that the bottom chord bracing of 10 - 15
feet on
center using 2,4,12 feet members that only two brace were utilized making
the
spacing of the restraint between eave and first restraint 26 feet
exceeding the
allowable spacing.
(4)The employer failed to follow the handout provide on "Long Span Truss
Installation" of Wood Truss Council of America (WTCA) that highly
recommended installing temporary center supports to reduce the stresses on
the
truss chords during erection; that is to install only a few trusses at a
time
then
sheet, and not install all the trusses then sheet only one side before the
other
side.
(5)The employer failed to follow the handout provided on "Long Span Truss
Installation" of WTCA that required using 2x4's that were stress grade
lumber
with two nails at each end of the bracing, and not 1x4 construction grade
lumber with one nail at each end to protect against rotation.
(6)The employer failed to follow the handout in BCSI 1-3 that provided
detailed
requirements and instructions of bracing the gable trusses; the employer
only
braced four out of the nine gable trusses to the ground.
[ Reference;  Building Component Safety Information ( BCSI B1, B2, and
B3), Guide
to Good Practice for Handling, Installing, and Bracing of Metal Plate
Connected Wood
Trusses]
ABATEMENT NOTE:  Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement
method to correct this hazard would be to follow the manufacturer's and
the BCSI 1-3
recommendations.