12,910 Mc Kenzie And Andrews Logging

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 29, 1978, Docket No. 78-R2D3-783. August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.

For App: Mike Andrews, Owner-Partner. For DIS: GaryRobeson, CSE.

Logging, Log Landing. A serious violation of 6335(a) was established. The $205 penalty proposed was affirmed.

"A twenty-one year old, choker setter employed by Appellant sustained fatal crushing injuries on the morning of March 16, 1978, when he was struck by a heavy, 32-foot long, Douglas fir log. The log had been hoisted into the air and swung to a point above the log deck. The log was released by Appellant's shovel operator when the shovel began to tip as h

Read More...

This content is for premium subscribers. To read please login or subscribe below.

Subscribe Log In