Educational furniture maker Academia Furniture Industries LLC faces fines by OSHA of $58,100 for 30 serious safety and health violations, including combustible dust.
A Georgia-Pacific plywood plant dust explosion and a shooting rampage at Western Wood Products sawmill topped the most viewed wood industry reports. But an award-winning 26-year-old staircase builder's story was also popular.
Rentech, Inc. has acquired New England Wood Pellet (NEWP), the largest producer of wood pellets for the U.S. heating market and a repeat target of OSHA combustible dust violations.
The Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America (WMMA), the national trade association for those who make machinery, cutting tools and supplies for the woodworking industry, has announced the election of Jamison Scott as its new president.
An explosion at Georgia-Pacific's Corrigan, TX plywood and flooring plant injured nine employees, four of them flown to a hospital in Houston for burns. Combustible dust could be involved, say local firefighters.
The fire that destroyed Wagner Hardwood Lumber's Owego, NY mill was the most viewed report this week. But reports on OSHA action on combustible dust at two other locations should have managers on guard.
A combustible wood dust explosion and fire that injured a worker at Inferno Wood Pellet Inc. was "preventable," according to Patrick Griffin, area director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's office in Rhode Island.