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

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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 dust deflagration, explosion, or other fire hazards while working at or near unprotected dust collection systems: a) Sheeting Department: The primary air material separator (cyclone) on Machine S3 was located inside the building and lacked means of explosion protection, deflagration propagation protection (isolation) to the upstream process, and fire protection, on or about August 10, 2017. b) Pump House: A secondary air material separator (enclosureless dust collector) on Machine S3 was used and did not have an electrically classified fan motor and spark resistant fan construction, on or about August 10, 2017. c) Sheeting Department: The exhaust from the air material separators on Machines S1 and S2 was recycled into the building and the air material separators lacked means to prevent transmission of smoke, flame, and pressure effects from a deflagration or fire and a method to detect malfunctions in the air material separators, on or about August 10, 2017. Among other methods, feasible and acceptable means of abatement include following the guidance of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standards such as, but not limited to, the following: NFPA 68 - Standard on Explosion Protection by Deflagration Venting, NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code, NFPA 654 - Standard for the Prevention of Fire and the Dust Explosions from the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particulate Solids, and AMCA 99-0401-86  Classification for Spark Resistant Construction.