OSHA Inspection: LOUIE KNAPP JR. DBA KNAPP HOMES & IMPROVEMENTS

Issued

2009-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-06-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00 · Current $900.00 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 in the Shop Area were exposed to fire and explosion hazards
while performing
routine work near the Hammond Duskolector (Model DK-8), which did not have
adequate
explosion prevention or suppression systems for the handling of
combustible wood dust.
NFPA Standard 664 - 2007 Standard for the Prevention of Fires and
Explosions in Wood
Processing and Woodworking Facilities:
Section 8.2.2.5.1.4: "Dust collectors shall be located in accordance with
one of the
following: outside of buildings, indoors when deemed to have no fire or
deflagration hazard,
indoors for dust collectors with only a fire hazard when protected in
accordance
with this
standard, indoors when equipped with listed deflagration suppression
system, indoors when
equipped with deflagration relief vents with relief pipes extending to
safe areas outside the
building and the collector meets the strength requirement of this
standard, indoors when
equipped with deflagration relief vents exhausting through listed
flame-quenching devices and
the collector meets the strength requirement of this standard.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable abatement method(s) to
correct this hazard is
to comply with the guidelines of NFPA 664 - 2007 Standard for the
Prevention of Fires and
Explosions in Processing and Woodworking Facilities:
a) Relocate the dust collection unit to the exterior of the building; or
b) Equip system with a listed deflagration suppression system; or
c) Equip system with deflagration relief pipes extending to safe areas
outside the
building and the collector meets the strength requirement of NFPA 664; or
d) Equip system with deflagration relief vents exhausting through listed
flame-
quenching devices and the collector meets the strenth requirement of 664;
or
e) Switch to an enclosureless dust collection unit that meets the
requirement of NFPA
664.
***Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the
requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d)***

Issued

2009-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-05-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

Issued

2009-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-05-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced