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Lucas Tree Experts: OSHA inspections and violations

Smithfield, Virginia · Landscaping Services · NAICS 561730

2inspections
4citation items
$10,500current penalties
Apr 17, 2017last inspection

Lucas Tree Experts has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Virginia, the first in 2015.

OSHA's last visit started on Apr 17, 2017 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Chesapeake.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $27,300 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $10,500, down 62%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.269, electric power generation, transmission, and distribution (3 items).

For context, across all staffing, cleaning and waste services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,201. Lucas Tree Experts averages $10,500 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Lucas Tree Experts: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342263522 OPENED APR 17, 2017Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 18 employees at the site · Closed Jun 20, 2018

Greenlawn Memorial Gardens 3920 Airline Blvd, Chesapeake, VA 23321 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 17, 2017 (fatal): Employee trimming tree branches from power line is electrocu

At 3:45 p.m. on April 17, 2017, an employee was trimming branches away from a 19,900 volt power line that was overhead. The employee had made a snap cut in a tree branch and the branch struck the power line. The employee was still holding the branch when the branch struck the power line and was electrocuted

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$7,000$3,500Oct 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.269(r)(8) · Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution
 Serious$6,300$0Oct 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.269(r)(1)(iv) · Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution
 Other-than-serious$7,000$3,500Oct 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.269(r)(1)(vi) · Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution
 Other-than-serious$7,000$3,500Oct 12, 2017Final

Inspection 340615590 OPENED MAY 7, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed May 7, 2015

Battery Park Road, Smithfield, VA 23430 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

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.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i)

(i) Select, and have each affected employee use, the types of PPE that will protect the affected employee from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment;

29 CFR 1910.269 · Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution

29 CFR 1910.269(r)(1)(iv)

(iv) Branches that are contacting exposed energized conductors or equipment or that are within the distances specified in Table R-5, Table R-6, Table R-7, and Table R-8 may be removed only through the use of insulating equipment.

29 CFR 1910.269(r)(1)(vi)

(vi) Line-clearance tree trimming may not be performed when adverse weather conditions make the work hazardous in spite of the work practices required by this section. Each employee performing line-clearance tree trimming in the aftermath of a storm or under similar emergency conditions shall be trained in the special hazards related to this type of work.

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