JIM C. HAMER CO.
OLD RT 250, RACHEL, WV 26587 · NAICS 321113 Sawmills
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Inspection records
Feb 18, 2009#311685580Feb 18, 2009Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#311685580$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #311685580
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 18, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Feb 18, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Not recorded
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Rt 250 North Rachel Road, Rachel, WV 26587
- Industry
- 321113 Sawmills
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Jan 20, 2005#307068353Jan 20, 2005Programmed Other (K) · No Inspection scope, Safety#307068353$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #307068353
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 20, 2005
- Closing Conference Date
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Jan 20, 2005
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 39
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Route 250 North, Rachel Road, Rachel, WV 26587
- Industry
- 321113 Sawmills
Programmed Other Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed other inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
May 4, 2001#300463965May 4, 2001FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, HealthFatality#300463965$1,8007 viol.7 violations$1,800 in penalties
Inspection #300463965
Dates
- Opened
- May 4, 2001
- Closing Conference Date
- May 9, 2001
- Closed
- Jul 21, 2001
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 38
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 7
- Violation Types
- 6 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,025
- Penalties on Record
- $1,800
- Site Address
- Old Rt 250, Rachel, WV 26587
- Industry
- 321113 Sawmills
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee killed by heat exhaustion
Violations
Violation list (7 of 7 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.305 Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use OSHA citation code: 19100305 G01 IIIA | Serious | 3 | 2 | $825 | $500 | Jul 19, 2001 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.305 Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use OSHA citation code: 19100305 G01 IIIB | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jul 19, 2001 | - | - |
| 01001C | 1910.304 Wiring design and protection OSHA citation code: 19100304 F04 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jun 27, 2001 | - | - |
| 01001D | 1910.303 OSHA citation code: 19100303 G01 II | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jun 27, 2001 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.303 OSHA citation code: 19100303 G01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $1,100 | $600 | Jun 27, 2001 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 B01 | Serious | 4 | 6 | $1,100 | $700 | Nov 5, 2001 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1904.2 OSHA citation code: 19040002 A | Other | 4 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Aug 9, 2001 | - | - |
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About these records
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
3 inspections, 2001 to 2009. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
Wood Product Manufacturing, 17,981 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: sawmills reported 4.2 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 7.9%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source