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Ace Tree Service: OSHA inspections and violations

Lafayette, California · Landscaping Services · NAICS 561730

5inspections
4citation items
$925current penalties
Mar 29, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Ace Tree Service 5 times in California since 1995.

The latest one began on Mar 29, 2023 after an accident, in Sylmar.

Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 1 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $1,225 and now stand at $925, 24% 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 Ace Tree Service averages $150 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Ace Tree Service: OSHA citation items per year, 1995 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346596307 OPENED MAR 29, 2023Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 13 employees at the site · Closed Jul 18, 2023

13405 Borden Ave, Sylmar, CA 91342 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 3395(I)
Other-than-serious$450$150Jun 23, 2023Final

Inspection 314823782 OPENED MAR 9, 2011Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 19 employees at the site · Closed Jul 18, 2011

18617 Kinzie St, Northridge, CA 91342 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3427 A04
Other-than-serious$450$450Jun 30, 2011Closed

Inspection 300821212 OPENED DEC 20, 2005Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Feb 7, 2006

Oak Hills Apt. Parking Lot, Jamestown, CA 95327 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 26, 2005: Employee injured and hospitalized

On September 26, 2005 the owner of Ace Tree Service was injured and hospitalized .

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 120192513 OPENED MAY 15, 1995Closed

Unprogrammed related · Complete · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Sep 12, 1995

1991 Reliez Valley Rd, Lafayette, CA 94549 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3424 C02
Other-than-serious$75$75Aug 22, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3421 E
Serious$250$250Aug 22, 1995Closed

Inspection 120192877 OPENED MAY 15, 1995Closed

Accident · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Sep 7, 1995

1991 Reliez Valley Rd, Lafayette, CA 94549 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 13, 1995 (fatal): Employee killed when struck in neck by chain saw

Employee #1, the foreman of a two-man crew that was cutting down a cedar tree at a private residence in Lafayette, was climbing the tree and cutting the branche s with his own gas-powered chain saw while a groundsman was feeding the brush ch ipper. Employee #1 was about 25 feet up in the tree when he was cut in the neck with the chain saw. The groundsman noticed that Employee #1 had stopped cutting and was slumped forward and hanging by his rope. He was killed.

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

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