OSHA Inspection: FACEMYER LUMBER CO., INC.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

May 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $2,027 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 wood dust explosion, deflagration, or other fire hazards from static charge generation in plastic duct work containing combustible wood dust:     (a) Wood Waste Collection Area:  On February 28, 2017 and times prior, employees are exposed to fire, deflagration and/or explosion hazard from static charge generation while moving combustible wood dust through an approximate 45 foot long plastic duct work, 12 inches in diameter. The wood dust had a Kst value of 5.47 bar-meter/sec.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $2,027 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(2):  Exit routes were not arranged so that employees will not have to travel toward a high hazard area, unless the path of travel is effectively shielded from the high hazard area by suitable partitions or other physical barriers:    (a)  Circular Head Saw Platform:  On February 28, 2017 and times prior, the employer did not ensure that the exit route from the edger on the circular head saw platform was arranged to prevent employees from traveling past the moving utility cable support swing arm.  The swing arm moves into the exit route where employees may be struck by the moving carriage utility cable support swing arm.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:   (a)  Circular Head Saw Platform:  On February 28, 2017 and times prior, the employer did not ensure that machine guarding was provided to protect employees from being struck by the moving carriage utility cable support swing arm.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,522 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9):  The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch:                                                                                        (a) File/Maintenance Shop:  February 27, 2017 and times prior, employees operated a Craftsman 8 inch abrasive bench grinder (model #21162) that had an opening of 3/4 of an inch from the grinding wheel and the tongue guard.