OSHA Inspection: SECONN FABRICATION, LLC

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

May 7, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,850 · Current $1,925 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 fire, deflagration and/or explosion hazards from
combustible aluminum dust
both alone and in combination with steel dust, which can enhance the
hazards, in the horizontal
belt sanding and dust collection operation:
A.The Butfering SteelMaster Horizontal Belt Sander was used to process
both aluminum
and steel sheet metal stock, a practice that potentially enhanced the
combustible dust
hazards.
B.A single duct was used to begin collection of the combustible aluminum
and steel dusts
generated from the horizontal belt sander operation, a process that
potentially enhanced
the combustible dust hazards.
C.There were no engineering controls in place to prevent the hazardous
mixing of
combustible aluminum dust and steel dust from the horizontal belt sanding
operation,
which relied on the manual selection and operation of a lever that could
direct most of
the aluminum dust to a Cincinnati Fan Dust Collector, Model 100S/T1,
Serial Number
1001711-2S and most of the steel dust to an old Torit cyclone dust
collector.
D.The Cincinnati Fan Dust Collector provided to collect combustible
aluminum dust, as
well as its affiliated duct and exhaust, was not designed to collect or
handle combustible
aluminum dust.  It was a dry-type collector; it was located indoors near
employee work
stations; it recycled its exhaust air back into the building; and it -
along with it duct work
and the horizontal belt sander - lacked spark/fire detection,
fire/exposion suppression,
explosion isolation and explosion venting devices to protect from
combustible
dust fire
and explosion hazards.
E.The Cincinnati Fan Dust Collector provided to collect combustible
aluminum dust was
mounted on a 55 gallon barrel with an attached collection bag that
contained an estimated
3 to 5 pounds of combustible dust at the time of the inspection.  It was
used daily, but
not emptied daily; and fugitive dust had accumulated on its surface and
the surrounding
floor.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method is to
perform aluminum
sanding operations, including the collection of affiliated combustible
aluminum dust, in
accordance with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 484
Standard for Combustible
Metals.

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

Sep 29, 2011

Penalty

Initial $1,963 · Current $982 Reduced

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

Sep 29, 2012

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

Sep 28, 2011

Penalty

Initial $2,618 · Current $1,309 Reduced

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

Mar 16, 2012

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

Mar 16, 2012

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

Jul 7, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

Mar 26, 2012

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

Mar 26, 2012

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

May 7, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,850 · Current $1,925 Reduced

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

Oct 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $2,695 Reduced

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

Jul 7, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,310 · Current $1,155 Reduced

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

Mar 26, 2012

Issued

Mar 21, 2012

Abate by

Mar 26, 2012