Inspection Detail

Inspection: 301018826 - Williston Timber Company, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Jacksonville Area Office

Inspection Nr: 301018826

Report ID: 0419700

Date Opened: 05/16/1997

Site Address:
Williston Timber Company, Inc.
Gulf Hammock Forest - West Of U.S. Hwy. 19
Inglis,, FL 32639

Mailing Address:
340 Ne 2nd St, Williston, FL 32696

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2411

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/16/1997

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/10/1997

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360818652

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$5,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,000
Current Penalty	$5,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,000
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Latest Event
1.	01001	Serious	19100266 D06 I	09/10/1997	09/16/1997	$2,500	$2,500	$0	-
2.	01002A	Serious	19100266 I07 I	09/10/1997	09/24/1997	$2,500	$2,500	$0	-
3.	01002B	Serious	19100266 I10 I	09/10/1997	09/24/1997	$0	$0	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201350246

Event: 05/15/1997

Employee killed when struck by flying piece of wood

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on May 15, 1997, Employee #1, a sawyer, and a foreman were cutting timber at a logging operation. The foreman was operating a John Deere feller-buncher equipped with a 20 in. disc saw filing head. Employee #1 was struck on the head by a piece of timber that broke off the bottom of a water oak that his coworker had just cut. He was killed. The foreman did not see that Employee #1 had come within 75 ft of the equipment.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, HEAD, SAWYER, WORK RULES, FELLER-BUNCHER, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, LOGGING, COMMUNICATION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301018826			Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported

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