Federal workplace safety officials have fined a central Idaho logging company after an investigation into the death of a worker in July. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Tom Mahon Logging Inc. for a serious violation following the July 20 death of Trevor Menter, 30, of Council while he was harvesting timber in the Boise National Forest. The finding …includes a $5,461 financial penalty. The maximum possible fine for such a violation is more than two times that amount, or $13,653. …Before the July incident, Tom Mahon Logging had not been the subject of either an OSHA workplace investigation or enforcement action for at least the past two decades, the federal agency previously told the Idaho Statesman. …“This employer is made up of good people, but the employer did not take sufficient steps to make sure workers were a safe distance away before trees were moved,” David Kearns, director of OSHA’s Boise Office said.