Inspection Detail

Inspection: 306324948 - Don Whitaker Logging & Hauling Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Medford

Inspection Nr: 306324948

Report ID: 1054116

Date Opened: 09/03/2003

Site Address:
Don Whitaker Logging & Hauling Inc
Eagle Valley T22s R5w Sec36
Drain, OR 97435

Mailing Address:
Po Box 40, Roseburg, OR 97470

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2411

NAICS: 113310/Logging

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/24/2003

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/04/2004

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,500
Current Penalty	$1,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,000
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	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	706040516	10/10/2003	10/16/2003	$1,000	$2,500	$0	10/20/2003	L - State Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201621414

Event: 09/02/2003

Employee is Struck by log

Employee #1, a hook tender, did not communicate to his coworkers, the equipment operators that he was going out below the log landing to work on the hay wire. One coworker, the shovel operator, returned to the landing chute to clear logs out. With logs in the grapples the coworker began rotating the logs to his right, away from the yarder engineer, when he saw a hard hat fly through the air. Employee #1's coworker stopped all movement and stood up in the cab and saw that Employee #1 had been struck by the logs. Employee #1 radioed to a coworker to have all equipment stop. The crew responded to Employee #1's location and treated him for multiple fractures, then carried him on a stretcher to the company van. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.

Keywords: LOG, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, SHOVEL, COMMUNICATION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306324948			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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