OSHA Inspection: HAZLEHURST WOOD PELLETS, LLC

Issued

Feb 25, 2022

Abate by

Mar 23, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $7,106 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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 including struck by and fire hazards.  A) At the number 1 Scavenge Baghouse, located at 142 McPherson Drive, Hazlehurst, GA. on or about September 2, 2021, and or times prior to, employees routinely walk in the area where the deflagration exhaust vents are located, thereby exposing employees to explosion and fire hazards.     Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable means of abatement would be to install deflector plates that vented to a safe location.

Issued

Feb 25, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,164 · Current $4,315 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.28(b)(3)(iv):29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(iv):  The employer did not provide that each employee be protected from falling into a ladderway floor hole or ladderway platform hole by a guardrail system and toeboards erected on all exposed sides, except at the entrance to the hole, where a self-closing gate or an offset must be used.  A) At the number 1 Baghouse, the number  1 Cooler, and west exterior of cooler building, on or about September 7, 2021, and or times prior to, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that a self closing gate to access work platforms was not provided for employees utilizing fixed ladders.