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Bosserman Logging, LLC.: OSHA inspections and violations

Afton, Virginia · Logging · NAICS 113310

1inspections
4citation items
$1,260current penalties
Mar 6, 2019last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Bosserman Logging, LLC. in Virginia one time.

It opened on Mar 6, 2019 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Afton.

In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $1,800; today they stand at $1,260, 30% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.266 (logging operations), 4 times.

Among farming, fishing and forestry employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,440 penalty. Bosserman Logging, LLC. averages $1,260 across 1 cited inspection.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Bosserman Logging, LLC.: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343831483 OPENED MAR 6, 2019Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Oct 22, 2019

2270 White Mountain Road, Afton, VA 22920 · Logging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 6, 2019 (fatal): Employee is killed when struck by falling tree section

At 11:30 a.m. on March 6, 2019, Employee #1, a logger, was worker with a coworker, an equipment operator, felling trees. The two were discussing which tree to take out next. The employee decided to cut a popular tree that was uphill, 80 feet from their location, and began to walk towards it. The equipment operator also began travelling uphill. When the coworker had travelled 50 feet in the Caterpillar D5HXL series 2 High Track dozer, he struck a maple tree. A dead portion of the maple tree, approximately 14 feet in length, broke approximately 30 feet above the existing grade, and fell from the tree. The tree section struck Employee #1, who was wearing a Stihl hard hat, in the head, killing him.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(2)(i) · Logging operations
 Serious$600$420Sep 4, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(2)(ii) · Logging operations
 Serious$0$0Sep 4, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(7)(i) · Logging operations
 Serious$600$420Sep 4, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(11) · Logging operations
 Serious$600$420Sep 4, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.266 · Logging operations

29 CFR 1910.266(d)(2)(i)

(2) First-aid kits. (i) The employer shall provide first-aid kits at each work site where trees are being cut (e.g., felling, bucking, limbing), at each active landing, and on each employee transport vehicle. The number of first-aid kits and the content of each kit shall reflect the degree of isolation, the number of employees, and the hazards reasonably anticipated at the work site.

29 CFR 1910.266(d)(2)(ii)

(ii) At a minimum, each first-aid kit shall contain the items listed in appendix A at all times.

29 CFR 1910.266(i)(11)

(11) Safety and health meetings. The employer shall hold safety and health meetings as necessary and at least each month for each employee. Safety and health meetings may be conducted individually, in crew meetings, in larger groups, or as part of other staff meetings.

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