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Powers Logging: OSHA inspections and violations

Douglas, Wyoming · Logging · NAICS 113310

1inspections
18citation items
$1,200current penalties
Jul 23, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Powers Logging once in Wyoming.

The inspection began on Jul 23, 2015 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Douglas.

That inspection ended with 18 citation items: 11 serious and 7 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $19,800 and now stand at $1,200, 94% lower after settlements or reviews.

Logging operations comes up most often in these citations: 12 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 Powers Logging averages $1,200 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Powers Logging: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340799576 OPENED JUL 23, 2015Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Mar 15, 2017

Cold Springs Road, Douglas, WY 82633 · Logging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 22, 2015 (fatal): Employee is killed when struck by falling tree

Employee #1 was attempting to cut down two trees. As he was walking away from the two cut trees that had not fallen, heading out to get another chainsaw, the second tree he had attempted to cut fell on him. Employee #1 was killed from a broken hip, internal injuries, broken ribs, broken back and an aortic laceration.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR PP 4-5 (A)(I)
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(1)(i) · Logging operations
 Serious$1,800$200Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(1)(vi) · Logging operations
 Serious$0$0Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(1)(iv) · Logging operations
 Serious$2,520$0Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(1)(v) · Logging operations
 Serious$1,800$0Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(2)(ii) · Logging operations
 Serious$1,800$200Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(2)(iv) · Logging operations
 Serious$0$0Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(6)(iv) · Logging operations
 Serious$2,520$200Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 7
29 CFR 1910.266(h)(2)(vi) · Logging operations
 Serious$2,520$200Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 8
29 CFR 1910.266(h)(2)(vii) · Logging operations
 Serious$2,520$0Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 9
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(3)(iii) · Logging operations
 Serious$2,520$200Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 10
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(7)(i) · Logging operations
 Serious$1,800$200Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 3, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 3, item 4
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(10)(i) · Logging operations
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 3, item 5
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 3, item 6
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 3, item 7
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 12, 2016Final

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(e)(1)(i)

(i) A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas); and,

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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.266 · Logging operations

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