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 in that employees were exposed to combustible dust explosion, deflagration, or other fire hazards due to deficient design and/or implementation of preventive and/or protective measures in its dust collection system: a. Planer Dust Collector- On the dust collection duct that carried wood shavings and dust from the Planer to the Planer Dust Collector, the ductwork was not constructed with sufficient strength to maintain its integrity in the event of an explosion of the combustible wood dust it was designed to transport and had no other effective means, such as explosion suppression or explosion relief vents, to protect workers from fire/explosion hazards in the event that an explosion occurred.