OSHA has inspected Tree Services, Inc. 5 times in Maryland since 2018.
The latest one began on Oct 25, 2023 after an accident, in Potomac.
Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 9 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $1,849 and still stand at $1,944.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,200, and Tree Services, Inc. averages $486 (4 cited inspections).
Inspection 344897319 OPENED AUG 25, 2020Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Oct 16, 2020
7251 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD 21045 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Aug 25, 2020: Tree climber fractures face and incurs concussion in fall fr
At 2:19 a.m. on August 25, 2020, Employee #1 climbed a 10-inch-diameter, 35-foot-tall ash tree and was starting to make his first cut to the top the tree. The tree split eight feet below the employee, causing Employee #1 to be thrown from the tree. Employee #1 sustained fractures to his face, requiring surgery, and had a concussion.
No citations from this inspection.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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