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Quality Tree Services LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Asheville, North Carolina · Landscaping Services · NAICS 561730

2inspections
7citation items
$5,030current penalties
Jan 11, 2017last inspection

Since 2016, OSHA inspectors have visited Quality Tree Services LLC in North Carolina 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Jan 11, 2017 as a planned inspection, in Biltmore Forest.

In all, OSHA issued 7 citation items: 3 serious, 1 repeat and 3 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $7,300; today they stand at $5,030, 31% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.1200 (hazard communication), 3 times.

Among staffing, cleaning and waste services employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $2,201 penalty. Quality Tree Services LLC averages $2,515 across 2 cited inspections.

Quality Tree Services LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342026325 OPENED JAN 11, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Sep 26, 2018

11 Bee Ridge Rd., Biltmore Forest, NC 28803 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.135(a)(1) · Head protection
Repeat$4,000$2,800Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.242(a) · Hand and power tools
Serious$900$630Jan 23, 2017Final

Inspection 341379246 OPENED APR 5, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Sep 21, 2017

Conestee St. Behind Firehouse Subs, Asheville, NC 28801 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.95(a) · Criteria for personal protective equipment
Serious$900$600Apr 18, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.100(a) · Hard hats in construction
Serious$1,500$1,000Apr 18, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 18, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 18, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 18, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.135 · Head protection

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1926.100 · Hard hats in construction

29 CFR 1926.95 · Criteria for personal protective equipment

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