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POTLATCH CORPORATION
$1,875
penalties
21
viol.
5
insp.

POTLATCH CORPORATION

THOMPSON CREEK SALE, HEADQUARTERS, ID 83544

Inspections
5
Oct 1974 to Jul 2000 · 4 safety, 1 health
Violations
21
across 5 inspections
Penalties on record
$1,875
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 5Willful 0Repeat 0Other 16

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Inspection records

Jul 27, 2000Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#302588173$00 viol.

Inspection #302588173

Dates

Opened
Jul 27, 2000
Closing Conference Date
Jul 27, 2000
Closed
Jul 27, 2000

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
2

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
Magnum Seed, Headquarters, ID 83534
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

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.

Jul 27, 2000Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#302588116$00 viol.

Inspection #302588116

Dates

Opened
Jul 27, 2000
Closing Conference Date
Jul 27, 2000
Closed
Jul 27, 2000

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
2

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
Magnum Seed, Headquarters, ID 83534
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

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.

May 6, 1996Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#107243461$00 viol.

Inspection #107243461

Dates

Opened
May 6, 1996
Closing Conference Date
May 6, 1996
Closed
May 6, 1996

Inspection

Advance Notice
Yes
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
16

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
Thompson Creek Sale, Headquarters, ID 83544
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.

Nov 26, 1990FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#107021586$1,8008 viol.

Inspection #107021586

Dates

Opened
Nov 26, 1990
Closing Conference Date
Nov 29, 1990
Contested
Feb 20, 1991
Final Order
Apr 29, 1991
Closed
Sep 3, 1991

Inspection

Advance Notice
Yes
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
130
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
8
Violation Types
5 serious, 3 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$2,400
Penalties on Record
$1,800
Site Address
Camp #14, Headquarters, ID 83534
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

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.

FatalityNov 20, 1990

Employee killed when struck by falling snag

Injury: Bruise/Contusion/AbrasionBody part: HeadSource: VegetationEvent: Struck By

Violations

Violation list (8 of 8 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010015A0001
General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)
Serious11$700$500Feb 11, 1991Feb 20, 1991Apr 29, 1991
010021910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C01
Serious14$700$500Mar 14, 1991Feb 20, 1991Apr 29, 1991
010031910.213
Woodworking Machinery Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100213 C01
Serious11$400$300Feb 14, 1991Feb 20, 1991Apr 29, 1991
010041910.215
Abrasive Wheel Machinery
OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09
Serious11$300$250Feb 14, 1991Feb 20, 1991Apr 29, 1991
010051910.243
Guarding of Portable Powered Tools
OSHA citation code: 19100243 C03
Serious11$300$250Feb 14, 1991Feb 20, 1991Apr 29, 1991
020011910.22
Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100022 D01
Other21$0$0Feb 19, 1991Feb 20, 1991Apr 29, 1991
020021910.212
General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)
OSHA citation code: 19100212 B
Other11$0$0Feb 14, 1991Feb 20, 1991Apr 29, 1991
020031910.305
Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment
OSHA citation code: 19100305 B02
Other11$0$0Feb 14, 1991Feb 20, 1991Apr 29, 1991
Oct 30, 1974Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#218334654$7513 viol.

Inspection #218334654

Dates

Opened
Oct 30, 1974
Closing Conference Date
Oct 31, 1974
Closed
Jan 6, 1975

Inspection

Advance Notice
Not recorded
Owner Type
Not recorded
Union Status
Not displayed
Number of Employees
225

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
13
Violation Types
13 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$75
Penalties on Record
$75
Site Address
Clearwater Logging Units, Headquarters, ID 83534
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

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.

Violations

Violation list (10 of 13 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.133
Eye and Face Protection
OSHA citation code: 19100133 A01
Other1-$0$0Nov 27, 1974--
010021910.144
Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards
OSHA citation code: 19100144 A01 II
Other2-$35$35Dec 17, 1974--
010031910.157
Portable Fire Extinguishers
OSHA citation code: 19100157 A01
Other1-$0$0Nov 27, 1974--
010041910.180
Crawler Locomotive and Truck Cranes
OSHA citation code: 19100180 B02
Other2-$0$0Jan 3, 1975--
010051910.180
Crawler Locomotive and Truck Cranes
OSHA citation code: 19100180 C02
Other5-$0$0Jan 3, 1975--
010061910.180
Crawler Locomotive and Truck Cranes
OSHA citation code: 19100180 D04 I
Other1-$0$0Nov 27, 1975--
010071910.180
Crawler Locomotive and Truck Cranes
OSHA citation code: 19100180 D06
Other6-$0$0Jan 3, 1975--
010081910.180
Crawler Locomotive and Truck Cranes
OSHA citation code: 19100180 G01
Other1-$0$0Jan 3, 1975--
010091910.106
Flammable Liquids
OSHA citation code: 19100106 D02 III
Other1-$40$40Nov 27, 1974--
010101910.180
Crawler Locomotive and Truck Cranes
OSHA citation code: 19100180 I05 I
Other1-$0$0Nov 27, 1974--

Showing the 10 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 13 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.

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About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.

OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.

OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.

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.

Standards cited

1910.180Crawler Locomotive and Truck Cranes6 citations · $0
1910.252Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements3 citations · $0
1910.133Eye and Face Protection1 citation · $0

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