The fire that destroyed Wagner Hardwood Lumber's Owego, NY mill was the most viewed report this week. But OSHA action regarding combustible dust at two other locations - a report stating a wood pellet plant dust explosion in Rhode Island was preventable, and a fine for a Homerville, GA lumber mill for layers of dust - should have woodworking plant managers on their toes.
Rules regarding combustible dust as a source of explosions are still fluid. But OSHA citations regarding the presence of combustible dust as a potential danger to employees may be on the rise.
Also popular was Jimmy Fallon's stage set. Here are the week's most viewed wood industry reports:
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Wagner Hardwood Lumber Mill Hit by Massive Fire By Bill Esler | Posted: February 27, 2014 - 6:10 AM Wagner Lumber's Owego, NY mill was hit by a massive fire. The blaze drew 17 area firefighting companies. A fireman's helmet webcam shows the destruction at one of the largest hardwood lumber mills in the Northeast U.S.
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OSHA Cites Lumber Firm for Combustible Dust as Hazard By Bill Esler | Posted: February 27, 2014 - 8:54 PM Violations of lock-out tag-out rules, exposure of employees to electrical shock and other hazards were listed by OSHA in a citation against Dupont Yard, a lumber mill. Notably, combustible dust accumulation of more than 1/8-inch was listed as a safety and health hazard.
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Video: How To Create Eccentric Hinge To Clear Wide Space Posted by Bill Esler | Posted: February 24, 2014 - 8:32 PM How to create a linkage hinge - an eccentric hinge construction that clears a box. It originated on a German tool box. The woodworker shows how to replicate it.
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Fine Woodworking Design Behind Jimmy Fallon's Manhattan By Matt Schumake | Posted: March 5, 2014 - 8:30 AM Fine woodworking design is one of the many changes Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers have brought to late night television in the past few weeks.
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‘Bit’ of Cutting Tool Knowledge for Woodworking By Karen Koenig | Posted: March 5, 2014 - 12:14 PM Read what experts says about bit & tool holder developments and their impact on the production of quality wood products.
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4 AXYZ On-Demand Furniture Printing Technology By Bill Esler | Posted: February 26, 2014 - 11:10 AM 3D printing of real wood furniture is in the offing, says 4 AXYZ, a start-up that has developed a proprietary process for producing high quality, real-wood products formed from solid wood.
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Godar Furniture Birch Plywood Coat Rack Kickstart Marketing By Bill Esler | Posted: February 22, 2014 - 2:32 PM Godar Furniture's Justin Godar launched a Kickstarter campaign to market his Sutro birch plywood coatrack - modeled after San Francisco's famous utility tower. His effort is an excellent step in marketing. And CR Onsrud gets a nice plug, too.
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Top Wood Worker Academy Award Winner: 12 Years a Slave By Bill Esler | Posted: March 3, 2014 - 3:06 PM In the powerful personal saga, '12 Years a Slave,' 19th century practices in saw mills, woodworking and carpentry are revealed along the road to a much larger story.
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Look at Wood in Computer Design as Apple's Mac Turns 30 By Matt Schumake | Posted: January 30, 2014 - 10:59 PM As Apple celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Macintosh computer, we look at the model that started the home computer revolution and the role woodworkers played in making it happen.
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Wood Pellet Plant Dust Explosion Was Preventable: OSHA By Rich Christianson | Posted: March 5, 2014 - 2:35 PM 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.
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