The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited two separate wood product companies in Superior, MT for exposing workers to a variety of safety and health hazards.

WASHINGTON -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of approximately 185 Iron Lover's benches sold at Ross Stores of Pleasanton, CA.CPSC said the benches, made in China exclusively for Ross, can tip over when only one person is seated on it, potentially posing a fall hazard to consumers.

Drawer Connection, Inc. said it will introduce the addition of dowelled drawer boxes in December.

Freestanding plywood fireplaces are offered by Los Angeles-based EcoSmart Inc., including the elliptical ventless Zeta model.

TAIPEI --The Consumers Foundation, a Taiwanese watchdog group, said that 11 of 12 brands of plywood it randomly chose at home improvement stores, passed safety starndard tests for formaldehyde emissiions.

Zepsa Architectural Woodwork says it has completed installation of their interior jointery for the launch of the monumental private yacht, M/Y Cakewalk.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED and its founders have been named as defendants in a class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in New York on charges of “fraudulently misleading the consumer,” misrepresenting the energy performances in LEED-certified buildings and false advertising.

DANBURY, CT -- Ethan Allen, a manufacturer of residential furniture said it plans to open a 12,475-square-foot design center in Estero, FL, in mid-November.

CANAAN, GUYANA -- Barama Co. Ltd., a Malaysian timber company, said it planned to dismiss 274 workers following an explosion that damaged a plywood mill in Guyana.

Provident Millwork & Hardware, a two-year-old architectural millwork firm in Winchester, CT, specializing in high-end home interiors, says it plans on expanding.