Inspection 345857791 OPENED MAR 25, 2022Closed
Sr-231, Erin, TN 37061 · Logging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Dixie Logging LLC 4 times in Tennessee since 2021.
The latest one began on Mar 25, 2022 to follow up on an earlier case, in Erin.
Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 6 serious, 1 repeat and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $9,500 and still stand at $9,500.
Logging operations comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.266.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for farming, fishing and forestry employers since 2015 is $1,440, and Dixie Logging LLC averages $3,167 (3 cited inspections).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
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Watch this companyInspection history
Inspection 345661458 OPENED DEC 1, 2021Closed
1877 Munford Giltedge Road, Munford, TN 38058 · Logging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.266(i)(7)(i) · Logging operations |
Repeat | $3,200 | $3,200 | Jan 7, 2022 | Final |
Inspection 345433429 OPENED JUL 22, 2021Closed
8375 Highway 69, Springville, TN 38256 · Logging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jul 15, 2021: Employee sustains fractures after falling from skidder
At 7:00 a.m. on July 15, 2021, Employee #1 was riding on the back of a Tiger Cat skidder while a coworker drove the machine into the woods to begin work. The employee lost his balance and fell off the skidder, and the tires ran over his legs. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a broken left femur and a possible fracture to the right hip.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.266(f)(2)(viii) · Logging operations |
Serious | $800 | $800 | Oct 11, 2021 | Final |
Inspection 345110779 OPENED JAN 21, 2021Closed
216 Shiloh Hollow Road, Erin, TN 37061 · Logging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 20, 2021 (fatal): Employee is killed when struck by falling tree limbs
At 2:45 p.m. on January 20, 2021, an employee was using a chain saw to cut down a poplar tree. The employee was killed when the tree he was felling struck a hickory tree causing limbs of the tree he was felling to break off and strike him in the head.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.266(h)(2)(ii) · Logging operations |
Serious | $4,000 | $4,000 | Apr 19, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2a 29 CFR 1910.266(i)(7)(i) · Logging operations |
Serious | $800 | $800 | Apr 19, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2b 29 CFR 1910.266(i)(7)(ii) · Logging operations |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 19, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3a 29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens |
Serious | $600 | $600 | Apr 19, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3b 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii)(a) · Bloodborne pathogens |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 19, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication |
Other-than-serious | $100 | $100 | Apr 19, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 19, 2021 | Final |
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.1030 · Bloodborne pathogens
29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i)
(c) Exposure control—(1) Exposure Control Plan. (i) Each employer having an employee(s) with occupational exposure as defined by paragraph (b) of this section shall establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure.
29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii)(a)
(A) At the time of initial assignment to tasks where occupational exposure may take place;
29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)
(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)
29 CFR 1910.266 · Logging operations
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- Jimmy Self Liberty · 7 citations · $2,500
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.