If the facility being inspected under this NEP is not a grain handling facility, and the surface dust accumulations (i.e., dust accumulations outside the dust collection system or other containers, such as mixers), can create an explosion, deflagration or other fire hazard, than citations for violations of 29 CFR 1910.22 (housekeeping) shall be issued...Courts of appeals and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission have held that 1910.22 applies to the hazard of combustible dust.So, what industries are the biggest violators of this standard? Here are the top 10, based on number of citations issued by Federal OSHA between October 2014 and September 2015:
Economic Subsector | # of Citations | Penalties |
Fabricated metal product manufacturing | 90 | $123,276 |
Wood product manufacturing | 69 | $97,213 |
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 38 | $52,277 |
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing | 38 | $139,453 |
Repair and maintenance | 37 | $68,351 |
Furniture and related product manufacturing | 37 | $51,651 |
Food manufacturing | 36 | $85,765 |
Warehousing and storage | 35 | $58,257 |
Nonmetal mineral product manufacturing | 24 | $24,880 |
Primary metal manufacturing | 23 | $65,567 |