Basco Logging Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jan 25, 2011: Employee is struck by haul back, receives injuries

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on January 25, 2011, Employee #1 and a rigging crew w ere moving a skyline during a road change. There were two employees near the sky line anchor stumps that were to be used. As the haul back pulled the skyline int o position to be anchored, the chain used to connect the haul back to the skylin e broke. The chain struck the block that the haul back was running through on th e road side. The chain hung in the block, which pulled into the lead haul back c orner block. The lead changed with the waste line of the haul back swung toward and struck Employee #1. He sustained unspecified injuries to his lower legs. Emp loyee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he received treatment and wa s hospitalized.

Incident on Nov 17, 2009: Employee is injured in log truck crash

At approximately 12:35 p.m. on November 19, 2009, Employee #1, of Basco Logging Incorporated, was traveling eastbound on Highway 138 in an unloaded log truck. E mployee #1, because of inattention, drifted into the westbound lane and struck h ead-on with another unloaded log truck. Employee #1 was reported to have serious injuries and was transported to the hospital for treatment of multiple unspecif ied fractures.

Incident on Apr 16, 2002: Employee injured when struck by log while logging

At approximately 11:00 a.m. on April 16, 2002, Employee #1, a rigging slinger, a nd a coworker, a choker setter, were working their way up the hill while down-hi ll logging. The two employees worked their way up the hill to a point that the l ogs were more concentrated on the hillside. The two had discussed moving to the top and working down because of the possibility of unstable logs on the hillside . They worked from below the logs on the hillside for a couple of turns. Employe e #1 went to a log above him and his coworker went to a log below him. The log a bove Employee #1 was unstable and just after he set the choker, the log slid tow ard him. Employee #1 was struck and pinned between the sliding log and another l og. The coworker was only bumped by the moving logs. Employee #1 fractured his p elvis and injured his kidneys. He was transported to Bay Area Hospital in Coos B ay, Oregon by ambulance and hospitalized.

Incident on Apr 8, 1994: Employee struck by log falling from yarder

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on April 6, 1994, Employee #1 was working as a chaser on the landing of a Berger C-19 yarder. He had finished a buck and was standing between the yarder and the loader waiting for an incoming turn of logs. As the carriage came over the edge of the landing, Employee #1 noted that the skyline w asn't slack and the motor was revving. As he turned to run he was hit by a log. When the carriage hit the main sheave, the yarder engineer slacked his lines, wh ich then caused another log to strike Employee #1 as he lay on the ground to the side of the yarder. Employee #1 was transported to Mercy Medical Center and was treated for a broken shoulder and chest trauma. Apparently the yarder operator was distracted and did not see the turn enter the landing.

Incident on Jul 25, 1989 (fatal): Loader operator killed when pinned in loader

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on July 25, 1989, Employee #1, the job site supervis or, was swinging an approximately 35 foot long by 42 inch diameter at breast hei ght fir log from the chute to the log deck. As he passed the log over the left t rack, the shovel began to tip sideways. The log slipped from under the boom and transferred the weight to the grapples, causing the shovel to topple. The cab of the shovel contacted the log deck and pinned the employee inside. The chaser we nt to the aid of Employee #1 and checked for vital signs. None were found. Emerg ency help was summoned to the site, where Employee #1 was pronounced dead.