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Matthew Payne: OSHA inspections and violations

King, North Carolina · Logging · NAICS 113310

1inspections
6citation items
$3,500current penalties
May 2, 2017last inspection

Matthew Payne has one OSHA inspection on record in North Carolina.

OSHA opened it on May 2, 2017 after a fatality or catastrophe, in King.

From that inspection OSHA issued 6 citation items: 4 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $5,000 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $3,500, down 30%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.266, logging operations (4 items).

For context, across all farming, fishing and forestry employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,440. Matthew Payne averages $3,500 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Matthew Payne: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342300399 OPENED MAY 2, 2017Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed Jan 4, 2019

1617 Robertson Ridge Road, King, NC 27021 · Logging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 27, 2017 (fatal): Employee is crushed by tree and is killed

At 3:30 p.m. on April 27, 2017, while conducting logging activities, an employee was crushed by felled trees that were attached to a cable and being removed by a skidder. The employee died at the scene by the time emergency services arrived at the site.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.266(h)(5)(ix) · Logging operations
 Serious$2,000$1,500Oct 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(6)(iv) · Logging operations
 Serious$0$0Oct 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(1) · Logging operations
 Serious$1,500$1,000Oct 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(7)(i) · Logging operations
 Serious$0$0Oct 10, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$1,500$1,000Oct 10, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 10, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1)

(a) Basic requirement. (1) Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

29 CFR 1910.266 · Logging operations

29 CFR 1910.266(d)(6)(iv)

(iv) The employer shall account for each employee at the end of each workshift.

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