OSHA Inspection: REDMAN HOMES, INCORPORATED

Issued

Apr 20, 2010

Abate by

Dec 31, 2010

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,020 Reduced

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 the hazard of fire and
explosion of wood dust:
(a)Redman Homes, 101 Garden Spot Road, Ephrata, Pennsylvania - The
ductwork conveying
Class II wood dust, did not have isolation devices to prevent fires and
deflagrations from
propagating from the dust collector back through the inlet ductwork to the
woodworking
equipment, on or about February 18, 2010.
(b)Counter Top Area ! Employees used a Jet horizontal edge sander, model
HCS-6108-3, serial
number 9050789, to edge sand counter tops.  The employer had the sander
connected to a
Grizzly enclosureless dust collector, serial number 8861839.  The dust
collector, which
contained a Class II explosive wood dust, got emptied only every few
weeks,
on or about
February 18, 2010.
ABATEMENT NOTE:  Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable
abatement method to
correct this hazard includes following the National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA) 664, Standard
for the Prevention of Fires and Explosions in Wood Processing and
Woodworking Facilities, 2007
Edition, including, but not limited to:
*Isolate conveying systems with fire and deflagration hazards to prevent
propagation of fire and
deflagration both upstream and downstream into occupied areas or other
critical process
equipment (NFPA 664, Chapter 8, Section 8.2.4.1).  Examples of isolations
methods include
mechanical isolation (such as rotary airlock valves), chemical isolation
(discharge of a
chemical extinguishing agent into interconnecting pipe or duct), and flame
front diverters.
*Remove collected dust daily or more frequently from enclosureless dust
collectors
located
indoors (NFPA 664, Chapter 8, Section 8.2.2.5.1.4(7)(e).
VERIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2010

Abate by

May 14, 2010

Penalty

Initial $1,125 · Current $675 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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 a hazard of falling to a lower
level:
(a)Metals - An employee stood on the top step of a 6-foot Louisville fiber
glass step ladder,
model FS1506, to work, and the ladder manufacturer's label indicated the
highest standing
level at 3 feet 9 inches (one step down from the top step), on or about
February 18, 2010.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard includes
using a ladder of sufficient height which does not require an employee to
step or stand higher than the
step or rung indicated on the manufacturer's label marking the highest
standing level of the ladder and
which does not require an employee to step or stand on the top step of a
step ladder as specified in the
American National Standard for Ladders - Portable Reinforced Plastic -
Safety Requirements (ANSI
A14.5-2000), Section 9.3.2 Climbing and Working Locations.
VERIFICATION REQUIREDTION

Issued

Apr 20, 2010

Abate by

May 23, 2010

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,020 Reduced

Issued

Apr 20, 2010

Abate by

Sep 30, 2010

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,020 Reduced

Issued

Apr 20, 2010

Abate by

May 23, 2010

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,020 Reduced

Issued

Apr 20, 2010

Abate by

Apr 23, 2010