Combustible dust, electrical and health hazards cited during inspection
Federal OSHA is proposing $166,950 in penalties against M&B Metal Products Co. and its subcontractor, Oak Mountain Construction Co. An OSHA inspection conducted after a roof collapse at the M&B Metal Products manufacturing plant in Leeds, Ala., revealed 46 alleged safety and health violations.
M&B Metal Products Co. is being assessed one willful violation with a $44,000 fine for allowing explosive paper dust to accumulate on machinery and the shop floor. The company is also being fined $117,950 for 42 serious violations related to employees’ exposure to struck-by, fall, electrical, and noise hazards.
Oak Mountain Construction Co. received two serious safety violations with $5,000 in penalties for exposing employees to fall hazards and not conducting jobsite inspections to identify fall and roof collapse hazards. Oak Mountain was performing repairs on the roof support system when it collapsed in May.
“Management disregarded employees’ safety and health by requiring them to work in a structurally deficient building and knowingly exposing them to dangerous accumulations of explosive dust,” said Roberto Sanchez, OSHA’s area director in Birmingham.
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