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Monkey Tree Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Keller, Texas · Landscaping Services · NAICS 561730

1inspections
7citation items
$7,500current penalties
Jun 16, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Monkey Tree Services once in Texas.

The inspection began on Jun 16, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Keller.

That inspection ended with 7 citation items: 5 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $13,880 and now stand at $7,500, 46% lower after settlements or reviews.

Personal protective equipment, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.132.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,200, and Monkey Tree Services averages $7,500 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Monkey Tree Services: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344783584 OPENED JUN 16, 2020Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Feb 7, 2025

1297 Ottinger Rd., Keller, TX 76262 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jun 3, 2020 (fatal): Employee falls from tree while trimming limbs, fractures spi

At 6:00 a.m. on April 28, 2020, Employee # 1 was working from a tree trimming limbs. A branch fell against the tree, and Employee # 1 fell onto a pile of previously cut branches. The employee was hospitalized with cervical spine fractures, became quadriplegic, and developed pneumonia. Care was withdrawn on June 3, 2020, and he died.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$4,048$2,500Oct 22, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.140(d)(3) · Personal fall protection systems
 Serious$0$0Oct 22, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.30(c)(3) · Training requirements
 Serious$4,048$2,000Oct 22, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$2,892$1,500Oct 22, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.132(f)(3)(iii) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Oct 22, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$2,892$1,500Oct 22, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 22, 2020Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(a)

(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.

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 1910.140 · Personal fall protection systems

29 CFR 1910.30 · Training requirements

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