OSHA Inspection: DALLAS MILLWORK, INC.

Issued

Apr 3, 2014

Abate by

Apr 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,940 Reduced

Hazardous substances E200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean.     a) Production Area: The employer failed to ensure that the floor, piping, walls and equipment remained free from the accumulation of combustible dust (wood). Employees were exposed to a fire/explosion hazard while performing duties involving the cutting of wood doors and window pieces to make custom designs. A sample taken on November 22, 2013 was determined to be an explosive CLASS II wood dust.

Issued

Apr 3, 2014

Abate by

Apr 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,940 Reduced

Hazardous substances E200

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     Wood Shop: The employer failed to ensure that all electrical equipment operated in the area was approved for a DIVISION 1,CLASS II location. Employees were exposed to a fire/explosion hazard while cutting wood material to custom design doors and windows. A sample taken on November 22, 2013 was determined to be a CLASS II explosive material.     a) Sony and Panasonic portable radio.   b) Hampton floor fan was not explosion proof.   c) Rigid Shop Vac vacuum was utilized to remove dust from the floor.

Issued

Apr 3, 2014

Abate by

Apr 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 Reduced

Hazardous substances E200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area:     a) Production Area: The employer failed to ensure that all exposed employees were provided training on the hazards of combustible dust. Employees were exposed to a fire/explosion hazard while performing duties involving the cutting of pieces to custom design windows and doors. A sample taken on November 22, 2013 was determined to be CLASS II combustible dust.