OSHA Inspection: SMURFIT STONE CONTAINER ENTERPRISES, INC.

Issued

Jul 28, 2009

Abate by

Sep 14, 2009

Penalty

Initial $2,125 · Current $2,125

Hazardous substances E200

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 dust explosion, deflagration, or other fire hazard from
the improper design and
location of the air material separators:
a) Converting Department - The enclosureless dust collectors on the 828
Ward Flexofolder gluer
did not have explosion protection systems and were located inside the
building.
(b) Roll Room - The FARR GS12L Gold Series dust collector used with the
corrugator did not
have explosion protection systems and was located inside the building.
(c) The FARR GS12L Gold Series dust collector was not provided with an
isolation device to
prevent deflagration propagation from the air material separator upstream
into the work area.
(d) Converting and Corrugator Departments - Vacuum cleaners used to clean
dust daily by
employees are not listed for use in Class II hazardous locations.
Among other methods, feasible abatement to correct this hazard is to:
perform a process hazard
analysis (PHA) of the processes and the facility per the intent of NFPA
654 Section 4.2.1, 2006
- Standard for the Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions from the
Manufacturing, Processing
and Handling of Combustible Particulate Solids.
Relocate the dust collectors outside the building or install engineering
controls such as
suppression, inerting, or venting in accordance with the requirements of
the National Fire
Protection Association (NFPA) 654, Section 7.13.1.1.1 and FM Global
Property Loss
Prevention Data Sheet 7-73 (January, 2008).
Install an isolation device per NFPA 654, Section 7.1.5.1.
Provide vacuum cleaners listed for use in Class II hazardous locations or
a pipe suction system
with remotely located exhauster and dust collector per NFPA 654, Section
8.2.3.1.
In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required
for this violation
(using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in
addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be
included with
your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited
to, evidence of the
purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of
abatement, or other
written records.

Issued

Jul 28, 2009

Abate by

Sep 14, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,275 · Current $1,275

Hazardous substances E200