Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: DUST&FUMES

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 wood dust explosion, deflagration, or other fire hazards: a.On or about June 4, 2009, the Honeyville bag house and the concrete wood dust storage silo located outside of the production building were not equipped with deflagration relief venting or equivalent. ABATEMENT NOTE: Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard includes following NFPA 664, Standard for the Prevention of Fires and Explosions in Wood Processing and Woodworking Facilities (2007 Edition), including, but not limited to: equipping the dust collector with adequate deflagration relief vents or equivalent protection. b.On or about June 4, 2009, in the production building, recycled exhaust air from the Honeyville bag house did not have a high-speed abort gate activated by a spark detector or equivalent. ABATEMENT NOTE: Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard includes following NFPA 664, Standard for the Prevention of Fires and Explosions in Wood Processing and Woodworking Facilities (2007 Edition), including, but not limited to: installing a high-speed abort gate with a manual reset activated by a spark detector or equivalent.