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Ron Shoush: OSHA inspections and violations

Lewistown, Illinois · Logging · NAICS 113310

1inspections
5citation items
$6,091current penalties
May 9, 2019last inspection

Ron Shoush has one OSHA inspection on record in Illinois.

OSHA opened it on May 9, 2019 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Lewistown.

From that inspection OSHA issued 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $7,387 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $6,091, down 18%.

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. Ron Shoush averages $6,091 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Ron Shoush: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343996948 OPENED MAY 9, 2019Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed Dec 23, 2019

14558 E Hoffman Road Mount Pisgah Road, Lewistown, IL 61542 · Logging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 22, 2019 (fatal): Employee is killed by falling branch

At 9:00 a.m. on April 22, 2019, an employee was cutting down a tree in a heavily wooded area near the bottom of a ravine. The tree began to fall and hit a dead tree limb on another standing tree. The dead limb broke off and came straight down on the employee's head, killing him.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.266(h)(2)(i) · Logging operations
 Serious$2,841$2,841Jul 23, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.266(h)(2)(ii) · Logging operations
 Serious$0$0Jul 23, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(7)(i) · Logging operations
 Serious$1,705$1,750Jul 23, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(10)(i) · Logging operations
 Serious$0$0Jul 23, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$2,841$1,500Jul 23, 2019Final

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 1910.266 · Logging operations

29 CFR 1910.266(i)(10)(i)

(10) Certification of training. (i) The employer shall verify compliance with paragraph (i) of this section by preparing a written certification record. The written certification record shall contain the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer. If the employer relies on training conducted prior to the employee's hiring or completed prior to the effective date of this section, the certification record shall indicate the date the employer determined the prior training was adequate.

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

(7) First-aid training. (i) The employer shall assure that each employee, including supervisors, receives or has received first-aid and CPR training meeting at least the requirements specified in appendix B.

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