Brightview Landscape Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Nov 10, 2021: Employee's elbow is crushed between boom arm and dump bed

At 4:00 p.m. on November 10, 2021, an employee was working as a laborer for a landscaping service. He and a coworker were cleaning an Altec LR756 articulating overcenter aerial device in the firm's equipment yard. The employee went up to secure the arm of the boom truck. As the employee was going under the boom arm to secure the arm of the boom with a strap, he had his left arm on the dump bed. Just then, the coworker accidentally activated the lever for the dump bed instead of the lever for the outrigger. The dump bed went up, crushing the employee's arm between the boom and the dump bed. The employee suffered a crushed and fractured elbow. He was hospitalized.

Incident on Dec 8, 2021: Employee fractures pelvis when thrown from cart

At 2:05 p.m. on December 8, 2021, an employee was driving a Columbia utility cart collecting tools and previously cut trimmings alongside a walkway when she attempted to make a three point turn on a hillside to head back to where her crew was located. The cart was backing down the hill when employee was ejected from cart and landed on the dirt ground. The employee was not wearing a seat belt. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured pelvis.

Incident on Nov 18, 2019: Employee fractures back and chest in fall from palm tree

At 12:30 pm on November 18, 2019, an employee had been working trimming mature queen palm trees on the grounds of a hotel and resort facility. The employee was a regular employee of a landscape and tree maintenance company that was contracted by the resort. The employee had already trimmed about 25 palm trees. The employee was descending a tree that was approximately 35 feet tall. The employee was approximately 25 feet in the air when the rope dislodged from the head of the palm as he pushed away from the trunk. As a result, the employee fell to the ground. There were 6 coworkers nearby including a supervisor doing various jobs at the time the employee fell. The rope may not have been fully centered on the head of the palm tree and a palm frond broke. The employee was hospitalized to treat serious injuries, including fractures to his back and chest.

Incident on Jul 10, 2019: Employee incurs multiple injuries in trip and fall on stump

At 11:30 a.m. on July 10, 2019, an employee was trimming shrubs when his pant leg got caught on a stump causing him to fall backwards onto a jagged tree stump. The employee incurred multiple injuries to his upper body and was hospitalized.

Incident on Jun 6, 2019: Employee suffers multiple injuries when cart overturns

At 5:00 p.m. on June 6, 2019, an employee was riding in the passenger seat of a utility cart when it started backing up too quickly and flipped over crushing the employee. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractured ribs, a dislocated left sternoclavicular joint, a bilateral pneumothorax, a liver laceration, a kidney laceration, and an adrenal hemorrhage.