{"id":10372,"date":"2019-05-03T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baghouse.com\/?p=10372"},"modified":"2026-06-23T11:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T11:30:57","slug":"pallet-maker-continues-to-expose-workers-to-wood-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/pallet-maker-continues-to-expose-workers-to-wood-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"Pallet maker continues to expose workers to wood dust"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A pallet maker based in Wisconsin has had another citation from the OSHA after some investigation reveals that it has continuously been exposing its workers to wood dust. The penalties that Avid Pallet Services LLC will face are to the tune of $188,302 for serious violations that are repeated related to safety and health of its workers. When inspectors checked the company\u2019s premises, they determined that the company did not implement or failed totally to implement engineering controls that would reduce the exposure of its employees to wood dust, and was failing in its ability to train its employees on the health hazard of wood dust. But this citation is not the first for Avid Pallet Services. It has been cited before by the OSHA in 2016. It was reported that the company was not transparent in its treatment of its employments when it comes to workplace hazards. The OSHA director states that it regularly informs employers that they have to make employees aware of the health hazards related to their work and to manage it well. On a contrasting note, the author notes that Avid Pallet states that transparency and integrity is one of its guiding principles. This was also stated on their website.<\/p>\n

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