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EP Logging: OSHA inspections and violations

Gate City, Virginia · Logging · NAICS 113310

1inspections
11citation items
$14,110current penalties
Nov 15, 2016last inspection

EP Logging has one OSHA inspection on record in Virginia.

OSHA opened it on Nov 15, 2016 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Gate City, and the case has not closed yet.

From that inspection OSHA issued 11 citation items: 7 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $21,220 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $14,110, down 34%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.266, logging operations (8 items).

For context, across all farming, fishing and forestry employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,440. EP Logging averages $14,110 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

EP Logging: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341912319 OPENED NOV 15, 2016Open

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Open

409 Chinquapin Road, Gate City, VA 24251 · Logging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 14, 2016 (fatal): Employee is pinned as tree trunk slides down slope

At 4:00 p.m. on November 14, 2016, an employee was cutting off some limbs from a large tree that was lying on a steep slope. The employee was standing below the tree trunk as he cut the limbs from it and became pinned between the tree and its stump when it slid down the slope, severely injuring his chest.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(1)(vii)(b) · Logging operations
 Serious$1,440$1,440May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.266(f)(3)(viii)(a) · Logging operations
 Serious$1,890$0May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(2)(ii) · Logging operations
 Serious$1,890$1,890May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(7)(i) · Logging operations
 Serious$1,890$0May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.266(h)(1)(iv) · Logging operations
 Serious$1,890$1,890May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.266(h)(3)(i) · Logging operations
 Serious$7,000$7,000May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(2)(ii) · Logging operations
 Serious$1,890$1,890May 10, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(4) · Logging operations
 Other-than-serious$1,890$0May 10, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$1,440$0May 10, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 10, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 10, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (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.

29 CFR 1910.266 · Logging operations

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