OSHA Inspection: BEST LAY CUTTING INC

Issued

2003-07-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-07-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00

General-duty citation text

ORS654.010: The employer did not furnish a place of employment which was
safe and healthful
for employees; furnish and use devices and safeguards; adopt and use such
practices, means,
methods, operations and processes as are reasonably necessary to render
employment and place
of employment which is safe and healthful, and do everything reasonably
necessary to protect
the life, safety and health of employees:
a) The employer did not use devices, safeguards and practices reasonably
necessary to insure
a safe place of employment for the 6 employees performing cable logging at
the 106 D timber
sale.
As evidenced by:
1. Guyline anchor stumps were not secured by a twister or some other means
to insure they
would not pull out of the ground.
2. Guyline anchor stumps were cut to low to the ground to insure that
adequate
wood was left
to secure the guyline in the notch and not pull the holding wood at the
top of the anchor off.
3. A crawler tractor or dead man anchor was not used in place of one of
the small second
growth anchor stumps.
4. Because small guyline anchor stumps being used, one of the stumps was
pinched off at the
time of the accident.
5. Minimal deflection in the skyline caused the guyline anchors to take a
large amount of undo
stress.
6. There was approximately 20 feet of lift while pulling 4 tree length
logs up a steep hillside
while having very little deflection and small guyline anchors.
7. The turn of logs hung up on a stump in the road line because lift and
deflection were limited,
causing a guyline anchor stump to pull and another guyline anchor stump to
be pinched off.hed