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H.W. WATSON & SON LOGGING, INC.
$3,600
penalties
6
viol.
2
insp.

H.W. WATSON & SON LOGGING, INC.

10 MILES EAST OF HAMILTON, 1 MILE NORTH OF HWY 78, HAMILTON, AL 35570NAICS 113310 Logging

Inspections
2
Feb 2005 to Mar 2006 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
6
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$3,600
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 5Willful 0Repeat 0Other 1

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Inspection records

Mar 7, 2006Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#309725646$00 viol.

Inspection #309725646

Dates

Opened
Mar 7, 2006
Closing Conference Date
Mar 7, 2006
Closed
Mar 7, 2006

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
7

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
10 Miles East Of Hamilton, 1 Mile North Of Hwy 78, Hamilton, AL 35570
Industry
113310 Logging

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.

Feb 18, 2005FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#308468958$3,6006 viol.

Inspection #308468958

Dates

Opened
Feb 18, 2005
Closing Conference Date
Jul 7, 2005
Contested
Aug 5, 2005
Final Order
Mar 3, 2006
Closed
Nov 13, 2006

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
10
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
6
Violation Types
5 serious, 1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$8,650
Penalties on Record
$3,600
Site Address
10 Miles East Of Hamilton, 1 Mile North Of Hwy 78, Hamilton, AL 35570
Industry
113310 Logging

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.

FatalityFeb 17, 2005

Employee felling a tree is hit by trunk and killed

Injury: OtherBody part: ChestSource: OtherEvent: Struck By

Violations

Violation list (6 of 6 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.266
Logging Operations
OSHA citation code: 19100266 D06 III
Serious66$1,500$500Jul 13, 2005Aug 5, 2005Mar 3, 2006
01002A1910.266
Logging Operations
OSHA citation code: 19100266 H02 V
Serious11$4,900$2,350Jul 13, 2005Aug 5, 2005Mar 3, 2006
01002B1910.266
Logging Operations
OSHA citation code: 19100266 I03 IV
Serious66$0$0Jul 13, 2005Aug 5, 2005Mar 3, 2006
01003A1910.266
Logging Operations
OSHA citation code: 19100266 I07 I
Serious77$750$250Jul 20, 2005Aug 5, 2005Mar 3, 2006
01003B1910.266
Logging Operations
OSHA citation code: 19100266 I10 I
Serious77$0$0Jul 20, 2005Aug 5, 2005Mar 3, 2006
020011904.39
Reporting Fatalities, Hospitalizations, Amputations, and Losses of an Eye
OSHA citation code: 19040039 A
Other11$1,500$500Jul 7, 2005Aug 5, 2005Mar 3, 2006
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About these records

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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

1910.266Logging Operations5 citations · $3,100
1904.39Reporting Fatalities, Hospitalizations, Amputations, and Losses of an Eye1 citation · $500

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer3.0
Industry average2.1
Penalties per inspection
This employer$1,800
Industry average$918

Forestry and Logging, 8,656 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: logging reported 1.2 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 29.0%; NAICS 1133 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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