OSHA Inspection: HAWTHORNE LOGGING, LLC

Issued

Jun 2, 2015

Abate by

Jun 12, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.266(h)(2)(vi):  A backcut shall be made in each tree being felled. The backcut shall leave sufficient hinge wood to hold the tree to the stump during most of its fall so that the hinge is able to guide the tree's fall in the intended direction:     a.  At the job site, employees using chainsaws to fell trees did not always leave enough hinge due to boring out the center of the hinge and cornering the hinge.  On or about 3/26/15, an employee was injured while felling a walnut tree which had the center and corners of the hinge removed.

Issued

Jun 2, 2015

Abate by

Jun 12, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.266(h)(2)(vii):  The backcut shall be above the level of the horizontal facecut in order to provide an adequate platform to prevent kickback.  Exception: The backcut may be at or below the horizontal facecut in tree pulling operations:  Note to paragraph (h)(2)(vii): This requirement does not apply to open face felling where two angled facecuts rather than a horizontal facecut are used.     a.  At the job site, employees using chainsaws to fell trees did not always make the backcut (final cut in a felling operation) above the level of the horizontal facecut.  On or about 3/26/15, an employee was injured while felling a walnut tree which did not have the backcut above the horizontal facecut.

Issued

Jun 2, 2015

Abate by

Aug 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.266(i)(7)(ii): The employer shall assure that each employee's first-aid and CPR training and/or certificate of training remain current:     a.  At the job site, first-aid and CPR training for employees performing logging activities such as skidding and timber cutting were not current.

Issued

Jun 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $280 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2):  Basic Requirement.  Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA:     a.  After an employee hospitalization as a result of a work-related incident on or about March 26, 2015, the employer reported the hospitalization to OSHA on April 1, 2015, six days after the in-patient hospitalization.

Issued

Jun 2, 2015

Abate by

Jul 5, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):  Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area.  Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals.  Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets:   a.  At the job site, the employer did not train employees on the hazardous chemicals in their work area, the new label elements which will be required to have pictograms with a signal word, and new safety data sheets format (formally known as material safety data sheets).