Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

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, including severe bums, to employees in that employees were exposed to fire, flash fire, deflagration, or explosion hazards from unvented dust collectors located inside a building. Production Area: Dust collectors including, but not limited to those listed below, were not equipped with explosion protection system and were located inside the facility. Dust collectors recirculated the air back into production area and were not equipped with an isolation flap valve. (a) Purity Room - two AAF dust collectors that collected combustible vitamin supplement dust were not equipped with an explosion protection system and were located inside the production area. Dust collectors recirculated the air back into production area and were not equipped with an isolation flap valve. (b) Mixer #2 Room - one AAF dust collector that collected combustible powdered food/beverage dust such as Roskam was not equipped with an explosion protection system and was located inside the production area. Dust collector recirculated the air back into production area and was not equipped with an isolation flap valve. (c) Hershey Room - the UAS dust collector that collected combustible cocoa powder from the Hershey Line and was located inside the production area, recirculated the air back into production area and was not equipped with an isolation flap valve.