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Treemasters, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Landscaping Services · NAICS 561730

4inspections
6citation items
$5,000current penalties
Feb 17, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Treemasters, Inc. 4 times in Pennsylvania since 2008.

The latest one began on Feb 17, 2021 to follow up on an earlier case, in Pittsburgh.

Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 6 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $26,899 and now stand at $5,000, 81% 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 $2,201, and Treemasters, Inc. averages $5,000 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Treemasters, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2008 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345173116 OPENED FEB 17, 2021Closed

Follow-up · No inspection · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Mar 12, 2021

329 Marberry, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 343758603 OPENED FEB 4, 2019Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Sep 27, 2023

329 Marberry Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 4, 2019 (fatal): Employee is struck and killed by falling tree

At 11:45 a.m. on February 4, 2019, an employee working at a jobsite where tree felling was being conducted. As the employee was walking around the jobsite, he was struck by a falling tree and killed. The tree that hit the employee had been struck by another felled tree, causing a chain reaction.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$13,260$5,000Jun 4, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$3,978$0Jun 4, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.132(h)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$0$0Jun 4, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$1,705$0Jun 4, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)(ii) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$3,978$0Jun 4, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.135(a)(1) · Head protection
Serious$3,978$0Jun 4, 2019Final

Inspection 339423105 OPENED SEP 19, 2013Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed Sep 19, 2013

5832 Third Avenue, Verona, PA 15147 · Landscaping Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 122172836 OPENED JUL 8, 2008Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed Jul 8, 2008

13001 West Lake Road, East Springfield, PA 16411 · 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(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)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)(ii)

(ii) What PPE is necessary;

29 CFR 1910.135 · Head protection

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

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