OSHA Inspection: MASTER WOODCRAFT, INCORPORATED

Issued

Dec 30, 1998

Abate by

Jan 17, 1999

Penalty

Initial $263 · Current $180 Reduced

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of North Carolina:  The employer did not furnish to
each of his employees  conditions of employment and a place of
employment 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/flour in a wood working
facility:
a)site - interior surfaces near wood working machinery with
build up of (over 1/8 of an inch) of wood flour and wood
dust.  Lumber laying flat and stored next to wood working
machines with up to 3 inches of wood flour and wood dust
on surfaces (reference: NFPA 664-1991 2-5.1).
b)site - provisions were not made for systematic, through
cleaning of the entire plant at frequent intervals to
remove the accumulations of finely divided wood that
might be dislodged and lead to an explosion.  Wood dust
and flour up to 3 inches high was located through out the
plant some had recently accumulated and other areas had
wood flour that had accumulated over years (reference:
NFPA 664-1991 4-1.3).
c)site - no maintenance program for all air moving
equipment requiring periodic inspection over the entire
length, from entrance to exhaust hood for duct system to
point of discharge was implemented.  The Grizzley exhaust
systems at individual wood working equipment did not have
a maintenance program (reference: NFPA 91-1991 2-3.1.1).

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Dec 30, 1998

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Feb 1, 1999

Penalty

Initial $375 · Current $250 Reduced

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Dec 30, 1998

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Penalty

Initial $113 · Current $110 Reduced

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Dec 30, 1998

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Penalty

Initial $375 · Current $250 Reduced

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Dec 30, 1998

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Jan 17, 1999

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Dec 30, 1998

Abate by

Jan 17, 1999

Penalty

Initial $375 · Current $250 Reduced

Issued

Dec 30, 1998

Abate by

Jan 17, 1999

Issued

Dec 30, 1998

Abate by

Jan 17, 1999

Penalty

Initial $263 · Current $180 Reduced

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Dec 30, 1998

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Jan 17, 1999

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Dec 30, 1998

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Jan 17, 1999

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Dec 30, 1998

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Initial $263 · Current $180 Reduced

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Dec 30, 1998

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