OSHA Inspection: LUMLOG, INC.

Issued

Mar 25, 1998

Abate by

Apr 27, 1998

Penalty

Initial $2,100

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employmnent 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:
Employees working near the wood chipper were exposed to recognized hazards
of being "struck
by wood chips, metal fragments, and or metal chipper machine parts caused
by the failure of
the containment system of the Precision Husky 58" wood chipper.  The
employer did not take
adequate measures to control employee(s) exposure, in that:
The Precision Huysky wood chipper was allowed to be operated without
bolting down
the horizontal and vertical planes of the chipper hood as recommended by a
warning
desgnation in the manufacturer's operators manual.
The Precision Husky wood chipper was allowed to be operated without
assurances or
detection devices that would not allow tramp metal or metal objects to be
feed into the
wood chipper.
The employer allowed maintenance, repair and modification of the Precision
Husky wood
chipper hood in a manner not within the design requirements specified by
the
manufacturer.
The potential for being "struck by" was demonstrated by the following
instance:
On or aboutr 1/21/98 when the PRecision Husky wood chipper's hood was
ejected,
employees were in the area.
Recognized and feasible means of abatement to correct this hazard include,
but are not
limited to:
Bolt down the horizontal and vertical planes of the chipper hood as
recommended by the
manufacturer.
Install a metal detection device on the conveyor system prior to the
chipper inlet feed so
as to stop any tramp metal or metal objects from lbeing feed or introduced
into the wood
chipper.
Develop and implement a maintenance and repair program in a manner that is
consistent
with the manufacturer's specification and design requirements.