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.
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.
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.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.