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Gorilla Tree Service: OSHA inspections and violations

Napa, California · Landscaping Services · NAICS 561730

1inspections
7citation items
$23,200current penalties
Aug 15, 2017last inspection

Gorilla Tree Service has one OSHA inspection on record in California.

OSHA opened it on Aug 15, 2017 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Napa.

From that inspection OSHA issued 7 citation items: 2 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $23,200 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. Gorilla Tree Service averages $23,200 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Gorilla Tree Service: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342553096 OPENED AUG 15, 2017Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jan 23, 2018

135 Karen Drive, Napa, CA 94558 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 15, 2017 (fatal): Employee loading chipper is killed when rope wraps around ne

At 12:15 p.m. on August 15, 2017, an employee was feeding branches into a brush chipper. A working rope whipped around as it was being feed with branch into the chipper, and wrapped around the employee's neck. The employee was fatally injured with a broken neck.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3421(D)
 Other-than-serious$500$500Jan 5, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 3421(F)
 Other-than-serious$500$500Jan 5, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 3421(M)
 Other-than-serious$500$500Jan 5, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 3424(A)(1)
 Other-than-serious$500$500Jan 5, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 3424(C)(5)
 Other-than-serious$500$500Jan 5, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3424(C)(11)
 Serious$16,200$16,200Jan 5, 2018Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 4070(A)
 Serious$4,500$4,500Jan 5, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

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

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