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Koontz Logging: OSHA inspections and violations

Elkin, North Carolina · Logging · NAICS 113310

2inspections
3citation items
$300current penalties
Mar 16, 2020last inspection

Koontz Logging has 2 OSHA inspections on record in North Carolina, the first in 2014.

OSHA's last visit started on Mar 16, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Advance.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 3 citation items: 1 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $300 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.266, logging operations (2 items).

For context, across all farming, fishing and forestry employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,440. Koontz Logging averages $300 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Koontz Logging: OSHA citation items per year, 2014 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344700984 OPENED MAR 16, 2020Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Jun 1, 2020

2722 Hwy 801, Advance, NC 27006 · Logging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$300$300Apr 2, 2020Final

Inspection 317602605 OPENED FEB 25, 2014Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Apr 21, 2014

Adjacent To 9039 Gilliam Road, Elkin, NC 28621 · Logging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.266(f)(1)(i) · Logging operations
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 7, 2014Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(7)(ii) · Logging operations
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 7, 2014Closed

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(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 1910.266 · Logging operations

29 CFR 1910.266(f)(1)(i)

(f) Machines—(1) General requirements. (i) The employer shall assure that each machine, including any machine provided by an employee, is maintained in serviceable condition.

29 CFR 1910.266(i)(7)(ii)

(ii) The employer shall assure that each employee's first-aid and CPR training and/or certificate of training remain current.

Other logging employers in North Carolina

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