La Logging Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jan 28, 2011: Logging worker fractures pelvis in vehicle roll-over

On January 28, 2011, an employee was working at a logging site as a siderod. A s iderod was the foreman of a side, or crew, at a logging site. He could also have been an assistant camp foreman. On the day of the accident, the employee went t o the logging site to load log trucks early in the morning. When the trucks were loaded, the site supervisor went to his pickup to wait for the logging crew to arrive. At approximately 6:00 a.m., another supervisor arrived at the site. He d id not see the vehicle or the siderod. A call was made to the siderod, and he di d not answer. The supervisor got out of his vehicle and was walking toward the l anding, when he heard cries for help. The supervisor pinpointed the area of the person who was yelling and went down the hill to the siderod. Apparently, the ve hicle the siderod was in had rolled off the road and down the hill several times . The siderod was thrown free of the vehicle while it rolled down the hill. The siderod had serious pelvis injuries. After the accident, the arriving logging cr ew stabilized the siderod and waited for an ambulance. The siderod was transport ed to Sacred Heart River Bend Hospital in Springfield, Oregon, and was admitted with a fractured pelvis.

Incident on Mar 22, 2006: Employee's arm is fractured by drop line of carriage

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on March 22, 2006, Employee #1, the Hook Tender, was on the landing working as the Chaser. The company was using a standing skyline w ith a radio controlled motorized carriage called an Eagle Mark VI. The carriage was sent out to the rigging crew so a turn of logs could be set on the drop line . As the carriage picked up the turn of logs, the carriage slipped on the skylin e. The Rigging Slinger called to the Yarder Engineer and told him the carriage h ad slipped. The Yarder Engineer brought the turn near the landing and tested the carriage clamp to see if it would slip; it did not. The Yarder Engineer decided to bring the turn to the landing and lower the drop line to release the logs. E mployee #1 went in to release the chokers, and the carriage slipped on the skyli ne once again. The drop line hit Employee #1, as the carriage slid down the line , which threw him into the power head on the delimber, which was being used to h old a long log in the turn from going back down the hill. Employee #1 sustained a fractured left arm, and was transported to Bay Area Hospital, where he was hos pitalized for surgery to stabilize the fracture.

Incident on Apr 10, 2003: Employee struck by tree and injures leg

At approximately 3:00 p.m. on April 10, 2003, Employee #1, a hooktender, was fel ling a tree that was used on the road they were on to gain lift. He had the tree unrigged and had slacked the lines to the ground so the tree could fall over th e lines and down the hill. He felled the tree directly down the hill. The staubs from the treetop limbs caught the lines as the tree slid down the hill. The tre e stopped on the hillside and Employee #1 went down to clear the lines with the chain saw. He bucked the butt section from the tree. The top was still hung on t he lines. He then climbed up on the top and proceeded to buck the staubs off tha t were holding the lines. He cut the first one and the lines slid up the log abo ut 10 feet. He then cut the next staub and the top slid down the hill with him o n top. He jumped off the top to get out of the way. The butt section came down a nd struck his leg, seriously injuring him. Employee #1 was transported to Coquil le Hospital where he was hospitalized.

Incident on May 26, 1998: Employee struck on head by tree being topped

At approximately 7:00 a.m. on May 26, 1998, as Employee #1 was attempting to top a tree in order to hang a lift block, he was struck in the head with the portio n of the tree he was topping. It appears that Employee #1 faced the tree and whi le he was backing it up he cut his hinge off. The tree started to fall in the in tended direction, but the tree sat down on Employee #1's saw bar. When Employee #1 pulled on the saw he inadvertently pulled the top off the tree into himself. The top struck Employee #1 on the head, causing a skull fracture. To exacerbate the situation, there was no second set of climbing gear available for over an ho ur. Employee #1 was rescued from the top of the tree and eventually transported to the Sacred Heart Hospital where he was hospitalized.