OSHA Inspection: AMCOR PET PACKAGING

Issued

2004-04-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2004-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2125.00 · Current $2125.00

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards which may cause death or serious physical harm to his
employees and comply with this regulation and other occupational safety and
health rules and regulations promulgated under Chapter 15 of Title 41,
Code of
Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, as follows:
A.  Employer knew or should have known that employees who work in grinding
room are exposed to the hazard of fire and explosion as a result of the
dust
collection system being located in same room as the grinder while grinding
class II combustible dust mixture of polyethylene terephthalate.  A
feasible
and useful method of correcting this hazard, among other methods, is to
move
the dust collection system in a remote location.n