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

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 to employees in that employees were exposed to a fire hazard due to the lack of proper safeguards in the dust collection system which had filtered air recycled back into the building. Due to the lack of safeguards a fire occurred in the dust collector and was brought into the Truss Mill. a) Truss Mill: The employer did not provide a means of preventing foreign materials, such as tramp metal, capable of igniting wood dust from entering the dust collection system, on or about August 8, 2007. b) Truss Mill: The system was not equipped with a listed spark detection system, designed and installed in conformance with the relevant sections of NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm Code, located on the duct upstream from the dust collector and downstream from the last material entry point, or on the exhaust side of the dust collector, to detect fire entering or occurring within the dust collector, on or about August 8, 2007. c) Truss Mill: The exhaust air duct conveying the recycled air back to the building was not equipped with a high-speed abort gate activated by the spark detector, on or about August 8, 2007. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to comply with the requirements of NFPA 664, Standard for the Prevention of Fires and Explosions in Wood Processing and Woodworking Facilities, 2007 Edition. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED