OSHA Inspection: SCHUTT LOG HOMES AND MILL WORKS LLC

Issued

2014-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances E200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment were not kept clean  (a) Mill Building - The area where logs are cut and planed had explosive wood dust located on elevated locations such as stacks of wood, the roof structure, and other horizontal raised locations on or about February 12, 2014.

Issued

2014-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): Protective eye equipment was not required where there was a reasonable probability of injury that could be prevented by such equipment:    (a) Production building: The use of safety glasses was not required in work areas where equipment such as a saw mill, planer, and a straight line machine were used. Flying particles of wood posed a hazard.

Issued

2014-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2): The employer did not develop and implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with sections i and ii of this paragraph (c)(2) for employees who chose to wear respirators where respirator use was not required:    (a) The employer provided N95 respirators for employee voluntary use. The following was not implemented:        - Employees were not provided the information in Appendix D of 1910.134.         - No assurance was made that respirators were cleaned, stored, and maintained properly.         - No action to establish the respirator user's medical ability to use a respirator was taken.