Inspection Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Inspection: 119730182 - Coast Falling, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Ca American Canyon District Office

Nr: 119730182	Report ID: 0950615	Open Date: 07/08/1993

Coast Falling, Inc.
German Rancho #2 Gualala, CA 95445		Union Status: NonUnion
SIC: 2411/Logging
Mailing: 750 East Valley Street, Willits, CA 95490

Inspection Type:	Accident
Scope:	Partial	Advanced Notice:	N
Ownership:	Private
Safety/Health:	Safety	Close Conference:	07/23/1993
Planning Guide:	Safety-Manufacturing	Close Case:	03/17/1997

Related Activity:	Type	ID	Safety	Health
	Accident	361379308

Violation Summary
	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$300	$0	$300
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$100	$0	$100
FTA Amount	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
	#	ID	Type	Standard	Issuance	Abate	Curr$	Init$	Fta$	Contest	LastEvent
	1.	01001	Other	6281 A	07/23/1993	07/23/1993	$100	$300	$0	07/29/1993	J - ALJ Decision

	Inspection		Degree	Nature	Occupation
Accident Investigation Summary
Summary Nr: 170718183		Event: 07/07/1993	Employee Killed By Rolling Log
On July 7, 1993, Employee #1, of Coast Falling, Inc., was working alone on German Rancho #2, about 6 miles east of Highway 1, behind Gualala Point Park, CA. He was in his assigned area felling and bucking trees. He had felled some trees on a hillside; two of them were lying propped up behind two small oak trees about 4 inches in diameter. Employee #1 went down the slope below these logs and was bucking another log when the small oak trees broke. One of the logs propped against these trees rolled down the slope and hit Employee #1, killing him.
Keywords: tree felling, unsecured, log, struck by, logging, inattention
1	119730182		Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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