THOMPSON RIVER LUMBER, INC.
5532 HIGHWAY 200 EAST, THOMPSON FALLS, MT 59873
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Inspection records
Mar 1, 1994#102796786Mar 1, 1994Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#102796786$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #102796786
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 1, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 1, 1994
- Closed
- Mar 8, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 70
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5532 Hwy. 200, Thompson Falls, MT 59873
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Dec 22, 1993#102757796Dec 22, 1993Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#102757796$2,5002 viol.2 violations$2,500 in penalties
Inspection #102757796
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 22, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 22, 1993
- Closed
- Mar 8, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 70
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,500
- Penalties on Record
- $2,500
- Site Address
- 5532 Hwy. 200, Thompson Falls, MT 59873
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C03 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $1,000 | $500 | Jan 29, 1994 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.265 Sawmills OSHA citation code: 19100265 C18 I | Serious | 9 | 6 | $2,500 | $2,000 | Jan 29, 1994 | - | - |
Dec 21, 1989#100571009Dec 21, 1989Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#100571009$3603 viol.3 violations$360 in penalties
Inspection #100571009
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 21, 1989
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 21, 1989
- Closed
- Feb 20, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 28
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $560
- Penalties on Record
- $360
- Site Address
- 5532 Hwy. 200, Thompson Falls, MT 59873
- 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 (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.265 Sawmills OSHA citation code: 19100265 C18 I | Serious | 2 | 2 | $560 | $360 | Jan 17, 1990 | - | - |
| 02001A | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 I | Other | 4 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Jan 30, 1990 | - | - |
| 02001B | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 II | Other | 4 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Jan 30, 1990 | - | - |
Aug 11, 1987#100846302Aug 11, 1987Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#100846302$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #100846302
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 11, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 11, 1987
- Closed
- Aug 20, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 65
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5532 Highway 200 East, Thompson Falls, MT 59873
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Apr 21, 1987#100846039Apr 21, 1987Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#100846039$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #100846039
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 21, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 21, 1987
- Closed
- Jul 20, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 65
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5532 Highway 200 East, Thompson Falls, MT 59873
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Chemical Exposure Sampling1 substance sampled
Air monitoring samples collected by OSHA during this inspection. Results grouped by substance.
| Substance | Samples | Result Range | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asbestos (all forms) | 1 | 0 | f/cc |
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03001 | 1910.1001 Asbestos OSHA citation code: 19101001 K01 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jul 20, 1987 | - | - |
Feb 23, 1987#100024165Feb 23, 1987FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, SafetyFatality#100024165$1,06812 viol.12 violations$1,068 in penalties
Inspection #100024165
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 23, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 25, 1987
- Contested
- Apr 13, 1987
- Closed
- Jul 7, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Yes
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 65
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 12
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 9 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,230
- Penalties on Record
- $1,068
- Site Address
- 5532 Highway 200 East, Thompson Falls, MT 59873
- 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.
Employee dies of suffocation in sawdust bin
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Apr 13, 1987. Final orders are recorded through Jun 12, 1987. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (8 of 12 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 1 | 4 | $810 | $648 | Apr 14, 1987 | Apr 13, 1987 | Jun 12, 1987 |
| 01002A | 1910.265 Sawmills OSHA citation code: 19100265 C21 IIA | Serious | 1 | 1 | $420 | $420 | Apr 6, 1987 | - | - |
| 01002B | 1910.265 Sawmills OSHA citation code: 19100265 C21 IIB | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Apr 6, 1987 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.177 Servicing Multi-Piece and Single Piece Rim Wheels OSHA citation code: 19100177 D01 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Apr 6, 1987 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.242 Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Equipment, General OSHA citation code: 19100242 B | Other | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Apr 6, 1987 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A05 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Apr 6, 1987 | - | - |
| 02004 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Other | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Apr 29, 1987 | - | - |
| 02005 | 1910.243 Guarding of Portable Powered Tools OSHA citation code: 19100243 C01 | Other | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Apr 9, 1987 | - | - |
Showing the 8 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 12 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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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.
Source: OSHA chemical exposure sampling data (OSHA Information System). P = Personal (worker breathing zone), A = Area (general air). Rows marked QC are analytical quality control measurements, not chemical exposures. OSHA PEL (Permissible Exposure Limit) values from the OSHA Occupational Chemical Database, matched via IMIS substance code (analyte code) (exact government key).
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.
16 inspections, 1987 to 2011. 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
Chemical exposure sampling
Sample results are listed in the record of each inspection that collected them.
Industry comparison
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