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Brandon Hicks: OSHA inspections and violations

China Grove, North Carolina · Landscaping Services · NAICS 561730

1inspections
3citation items
$4,600current penalties
Aug 11, 2016last inspection

Brandon Hicks has one OSHA inspection on record in North Carolina.

OSHA opened it on Aug 11, 2016 after a fatality or catastrophe, in China Grove.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 1 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $4,600 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all staffing, cleaning and waste services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,201. Brandon Hicks averages $4,600 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Brandon Hicks: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341685626 OPENED AUG 11, 2016Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 4 employees at the site · Closed Mar 8, 2024

300 Nc Highway 152, China Grove, NC 28023 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 3, 2016 (fatal): Worker is run over by industrial vehicle and dies

At 12:00 a.m. on August 3, 2016, a worker was climbing the tow bar of a truck with a Versalift aerial bucket (model number: model VO-55-I) attached and was a towing a Bandit (model number: 250; serial number: 019198) wood chipper while the vehicle was in motion. The worker fell approximately 2 feet to the ground, landing face down, and was run over by the right-side tires of the wood chipper. The wood chipper's weight of approximately 6,500 pounds crushed and killed the worker.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 95.129(01)
Serious$2,800$2,800Sep 21, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$1,500$1,500Sep 21, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) · Proving cited hazards were fixed
Other-than-serious$300$300Nov 9, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1903.19 · Proving cited hazards were fixed

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1)

(c) Abatement certification. (1) Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1)

(a) Basic requirement. (1) Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.

Other landscaping services employers in North Carolina

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