Morrison Landscape: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Sep 17, 2020 (fatal): Employee dies of cardiac arrest

On September 17, 2020, Employee # 1, a landscaper, was gardening. He was at lunch when he had a heart attack. A coworker observed Employee # 1 vomiting and passing out at approximately 5:10 a.m. The local fire department responded and at 7:48 p.m. and notified the local OSH of Employee # 1's hospitalization. On September 18, 2020, at 4:43 p.m., the local OSH was notified by the coroner, that Employee # 1 died on September 17, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. of cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation. Medical records stated that Employee # 1 was discharged and died the next day on September 18, 2020 at 1:42p.m.

Incident on Jan 29, 2018: Employee suffers a heart attack while landscaping

At 2:30 p.m. on January 29, 2018, Employee #1 was spreading mulch with two coworkers in a gated residential community. The three employees were using shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrows to move and spread mulch underneath and around the community trees and bushes. The employee became sick and vomited under some bushes. He went to a nearby restroom which was located in the pool area of the complex, approximately 100 feet away from the work being performed. The coworker and supervisor advised Employee #1 to take a rest break with some water. The employee was reluctant, but took a break by going to the truck to get water, approximately 30 feet away parked in the sun. He collapsed behind the company truck of a possible heart attack. The employee was transported to a nearby hospital, where it was determined that he had suffered a heart attack. He was hospitalized for treatment.