West Virginia sawmill adds 27 new violations to its previous 40
"By all indications, Wayne Lumber and Mulch failed to take the violations we found in 2014 seriously,” said Prentice Cline, director of OSHA's Charleston Area Office, after a recent inspection at the company’s Wayne, W. Virginia facility that resulted in three willful, nine repeat, 12 serious and three other-than-serious violations.
This wasn’t the company’s first go-round with federal inspectors. Their visit this year was a follow up to a March 2014 inspection. This time around, inspectors cited the employer for willful violations due to its failure to properly guard a chop saw – despite a 2015 fingertip amputation caused by a lack of machine guarding. The company also failed to provide standard railing and handrails.