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Switchback Timber, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Bald Knob, West Virginia · Logging · NAICS 113310

2inspections
23citation items
$26,630current penalties
Apr 5, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Switchback Timber, Inc. 2 times in West Virginia since 2013.

The latest one began on Apr 5, 2016 after a complaint, in Dorothy.

Those inspections ended with 23 citation items: 18 serious, 1 willful, 1 repeat and 3 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $45,800 and now stand at $26,630, 42% lower after settlements or reviews.

Logging operations comes up most often in these citations: 20 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 Switchback Timber, Inc. averages $23,430 (1 cited inspection).

Switchback Timber, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341378610 OPENED APR 5, 2016Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Aug 31, 2017

Rr 3, Dorothy, WV 25060 · Logging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(1)(iv) · Logging operations
Serious$2,400$1,320Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(1)(vi) · Logging operations
Serious$2,000$1,100Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(1)(vii)(b) · Logging operations
Serious$2,000$1,100Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(2)(i) · Logging operations
Serious$2,400$1,320Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(2)(ii) · Logging operations
Serious$0$0Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(3)(ii) · Logging operations
Serious$2,800$1,540Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(4) · Logging operations
Serious$1,200$660Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(6)(iii) · Logging operations
Serious$2,400$1,320Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(9)(i) · Logging operations
Serious$1,200$660Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.266(e)(2)(vi) · Logging operations
Serious$2,400$1,320Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 10
29 CFR 1910.266(f)(2)(viii) · Logging operations
Serious$2,800$1,540Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 11
29 CFR 1910.266(f)(3)(viii) · Logging operations
Serious$2,000$1,100Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 12
29 CFR 1910.266(h)(2)(v) · Logging operations
Serious$2,000$1,100Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 13a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$1,200$660Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 13b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 13c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(7)(i) · Logging operations
Willful$11,000$6,050Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(1)(v) · Logging operations
Repeat$4,000$2,200Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 4, item 1
29 CFR 1910.266(f)(1)(iii) · Logging operations
Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 4, item 2
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(1) · Logging operations
Other-than-serious$400$220Jul 21, 2016Final
Citation 4, item 3
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(11) · Logging operations
Other-than-serious$400$220Jul 21, 2016Final

Inspection 338894645 OPENED FEB 6, 2013Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Jul 23, 2014

Pine Grove Road Tract, Bald Knob, WV 25208 · Logging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.266(d)(1)(v) · Logging operations
Serious$1,600$1,600Mar 18, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.266(i)(7)(i) · Logging operations
Serious$1,600$1,600Mar 18, 2013Final

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(f)(6)(ii)

(ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)

(h) Post-mortem data: Increased incidence and/or severity of post-mortem findings may be indicative of maternal toxicity. This can include gross or microscopic pathological findings or organ weight data, including absolute organ weight, organ-to-body weight ratio, or organ-to-brain weight ratio. When supported by findings of adverse histopathological effects in the affected organ(s), the observation of a significant change in the average weight of suspected target organ(s) of treated dams (mothers), compared to those in the control group, may be considered evidence of maternal toxicity.

29 CFR 1910.266 · Logging operations

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