BEAR ISLAND PAPER CO
VA ROUTE #738, Doswell, VA 23047
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Inspection records
Aug 30, 1992#123654634Aug 30, 1992FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#123654634$50,0009 viol.9 violations$50,000 in penalties
Inspection #123654634
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 30, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 20, 1992
- Contested
- Feb 26, 1993
- Final Order
- Sep 1, 1994
- Closed
- Sep 5, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 260
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 9
- Violation Types
- 6 serious, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $218,500
- Penalties on Record
- $50,000
- Site Address
- U.s. Route 1, Doswell, VA 23047
- 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 killed when crushed in pump
Violations
Violation list (9 of 9 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 510001 OSHA citation code: 510001 A | Serious | 1 | 4 | $70,000 | $13,850 | Feb 26, 1993 | Feb 26, 1993 | Sep 1, 1994 |
| 01002A | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 II | Serious | 1 | 4 | $70,000 | $13,850 | Feb 26, 1993 | Feb 26, 1993 | Sep 1, 1994 |
| 01002B | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 D02 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Feb 26, 1993 | Feb 26, 1993 | Sep 1, 1994 |
| 01003 | 1910.261 Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills OSHA citation code: 19100261 B04 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $70,000 | $13,800 | Feb 26, 1993 | Feb 26, 1993 | Sep 1, 1994 |
| 02001 | 510001 OSHA citation code: 510001 A | Serious | 1 | 4 | $2,975 | $2,975 | Feb 26, 1993 | Feb 26, 1993 | Sep 1, 1994 |
| 02002 | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 A | Serious | 1 | 4 | $2,975 | $2,975 | Feb 26, 1993 | Feb 26, 1993 | Sep 1, 1994 |
| 03001 | 1910.106 Flammable Liquids OSHA citation code: 19100106 E09 I | Other | 1 | 4 | $850 | $850 | Feb 26, 1993 | Feb 26, 1993 | Sep 1, 1994 |
| 03002 | 1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 C04 | Other | 1 | 4 | $850 | $850 | Feb 26, 1993 | Feb 26, 1993 | Sep 1, 1994 |
| 03003 | 1910.303 Electrical - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100303 G01 II | Other | 1 | 4 | $850 | $850 | Feb 26, 1993 | Feb 26, 1993 | Sep 1, 1994 |
Dec 8, 1983#12596441Dec 8, 1983Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#12596441$2,96053 viol.53 violations$2,960 in penalties
Inspection #12596441
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 8, 1983
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 2, 1984
- Closed
- Apr 18, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 252
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 53
- Violation Types
- 10 serious, 43 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,960
- Penalties on Record
- $2,960
- Site Address
- Va Route #738, Doswell, VA 23047
- 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 (16 of 53 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A03 | Serious | 1 | - | $320 | $320 | Mar 6, 1984 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Serious | 1 | - | $320 | $320 | Mar 6, 1984 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C | Serious | 2 | - | $640 | $640 | Apr 4, 1984 | - | - |
| 01004A | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 1 | - | $400 | $400 | Apr 4, 1984 | - | - |
| 01004B | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 4, 1984 | - | - |
| 01005A | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Serious | 4 | - | $320 | $320 | Mar 6, 1984 | - | - |
| 01005B | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 E01 I | Serious | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Mar 6, 1984 | - | - |
| 01005C | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 E03 I | Serious | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Mar 6, 1984 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Serious | 2 | - | $400 | $400 | Mar 6, 1984 | - | - |
| 01007 | 1910.303 Electrical - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100303 G02 III | Serious | 1 | - | $560 | $560 | Mar 20, 1984 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A01 | Other | 3 | - | $0 | $0 | Mar 8, 1984 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A02 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Mar 8, 1984 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A03 | Other | 4 | - | $0 | $0 | Mar 10, 1984 | - | - |
| 02004 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 B02 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Mar 6, 1984 | - | - |
| 02005 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 D01 III | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Mar 6, 1984 | - | - |
| 02006 | 1910.24 Step Bolts and Manhole Steps OSHA citation code: 19100024 F | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Mar 6, 1984 | - | - |
Showing the 16 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 53 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Aug 9, 1982#12587424Aug 9, 1982Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#12587424$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #12587424
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 9, 1982
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 9, 1982
- Closed
- Aug 11, 1982
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 246
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Va Route 738, Doswell, VA 23047
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
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.
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, 1982 to 1992. 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.