OSHA inspectors have visited Wheeler Lumber, LLC in South Dakota one time.
It opened on Jan 28, 2021 as a planned inspection, in Whitewood.
In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $11,604; today they stand at $8,000, 31% less.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Wheeler Lumber, LLC averages $8,000 across 1 cited inspection.
Wheeler Lumber, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
South Dakota · latest 90 days of OSHA records
30employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2019, the Whitewood site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 22 workers: 21.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 44 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Wheeler Lumber - Whitewood - Location 1340
Whitewood · 2019
22
5
2
21.4
4.2
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
(2) Each swing cutoff saw shall be provided with an effective device to return the saw automatically to the back of the table when released at any point of its travel. Such a device shall not depend for its proper functioning upon any rope, cord, or spring. If there is a counterweight, the bolts supporting the bar and counterweight shall be provided with cotter pins; and the counterweight shall be prevented from dropping by either a bolt passing through both the bar and counterweight, or a bolt put through the extreme end of the bar, or, where the counterweight does not encircle the bar, a safety chain attached to it.
29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1)
(d) Pulleys—(1) Guarding. Pulleys, any parts of which are seven (7) feet or less from the floor or working platform, shall be guarded in accordance with the standards specified in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. Pulleys serving as balance wheels (e.g., punch presses) on which the point of contact between belt and pulley is more than six feet six inches (6 ft. 6 in.) from the floor or platform may be guarded with a disk covering the spokes.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
