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Aaa Tree Experts, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Tallahassee, Florida · Landscaping Services · NAICS 561730

2inspections
3citation items
$14,049current penalties
May 7, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Aaa Tree Experts, Inc. 2 times in Florida since 2016.

The latest one began on May 7, 2021 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Tallahassee.

Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $19,502 and now stand at $14,049, 28% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,201, and Aaa Tree Experts, Inc. averages $7,024 (2 cited inspections).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Aaa Tree Experts, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345295570 OPENED MAY 7, 2021Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jan 17, 2023

5438 Pedrick Crossing Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32317 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 7, 2021 (fatal): Employee is killed when tree falls

At 12:29 p.m. on May 7, 2021, an employee and his coworkers were felling a dead, 60 foot, 13 inch diameter, pine tree on a residential property. The employee climbed to the tree top, put a rope around the top, climbed down, cut the bed, and let his coworkers know he was ready to cut to the tree. The employee asked his coworkers to pull the rope as he was making the back cut with a Stihl chainsaw at 35 feet 9 inches. The employee was starting to cut and the coworkers on the ground were pulling the rope when the tree fell with the employee in it. The coworkers called for emergency services and started CPR on the employee. The employee was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$13,653$8,200Nov 3, 2021Final

Inspection 341588382 OPENED JUN 29, 2016Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Nov 10, 2016

2514 Betton Woods Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32308 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.67(c)(2)(v) · Vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms
 Serious$4,988$4,988Sep 20, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$861$861Sep 20, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1910.67 · Vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms

29 CFR 1910.67(c)(2)(v)

(v) A personal fall arrest or travel restraint system that meets the requirements in subpart I of this part shall be worn and attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift.

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

OSH Act Section 5(a)(1)

Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.

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