OSHA Inspection: ONGNA WOOD PRODUCTS INC.

Issued

Mar 1, 2013

Abate by

Mar 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,470 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(a)(3):   Every hatchway and chute floor opening was not guarded:    a)  On or before 11/6/2012, the chute opening for a belt conveyor to the chipper was equipped with a door cover, which was left open.                                           Abatement Certification and Documentation is required.

Issued

Mar 1, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.156(b)(1):     The employer elected to establish a fire brigade, and a statement or written policy was not maintained which establishes the existence of a fire brigade; the basic organizational structure, the type, amount and frequency of training:      a)    As of  10/1/2012 and 11/6/2012, the employer had not established a written policy describing the organization and training for employees who were called as a fire brigade to help extinguish a combustible dust fire, which generated heavy smoke within an enclosed ventilation duct.                                      Abatement Certification and Documentation is required.

Issued

Mar 1, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.156(c)(1):     The employer did not provide training and education commensurate with those duties and functions that fire brigade members were expected to perform, prior to performing fire brigade emergency activities:    a)  As of  10/1/2012 and 11/6/2012, the employer had not provided fire brigade training for employees who were called to extinguish a combustible dust fire, which generated heavy smoke within an enclosed ventilation duct.  The employees had not been trained in the hazards of a combustible dust fire, the risk of accelerating or spreading the fire by trying to open the ventilation pipe at the location of smoldering combustible dust, or in the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for smoke and fire exposure.                                     Abatement Certification and Documentation is required.

Issued

Mar 1, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,470 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(i)(A):     For electric equipment operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, and likely to require examination, adjustment, servicing, or maintenance while energized, the depth of the working space in the direction of access to live parts (as measured from the live parts where they were exposed or from the enclosure front or opening where they were enclosed) was less than indicated in Table S-1 of Subpart S of Part 1910:      a) On or before 11/6/2012,  electrical breaker boxes and shutoff boxes on the west wall of the cutting room were blocked from access by pallet storage.  There was not a three foot or more clearance around the boxes, nor a means to reach them.                                       Abatement Certification and Documentation is required.

Issued

Mar 1, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c):   Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location:    a)    On or before 11/6/2012, an electrical outlet on the south wall, beneath an overhead conveyor connection, was covered in accumulated wood dust.   The fixture was not protected from intrusion of combustible material into the outlet area.                                       Abatement Certification and Documentation is required.