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OSHA Inspection: BURFORD'S TREE SURGEONS, INC.

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of BURFORD'S TREE SURGEONS, INC. in WEST END OF PALESTINE RD., LINDEN, NC 28356 (NAICS 561730). OSHA activity number 312879547.

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Site address
WEST END OF PALESTINE RD.
City
LINDEN
State
NC
ZIP
28356
Mailing
4229 CHOCKTAW TRAIL, ANNISTON, AL 36206
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Non-union (N)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
561730
SIC code (legacy)
0783
Employees
42
Ownership type
Private (A)
Industry flags
Manufacturing safety.

2 citations on file for this inspection.

95012901

Deleted Serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Mar 25, 2009
Abate by
Mar 30, 2009
Penalty
Initial $350
North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of North Carolina:  The
employer did not furnish each of his employees conditions of employment
and a place of employment free from
recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious
physical harm to employees in that
employees were exposed to uncontrolled felling of trees:
a)highway right-of-way - where one employee felled two 6-inch diameter
(measured at 6-feet
above the ground) pine trees without any attempt to notch the trees or use
a hinge to control the
fall of the trees.
Among other methods, one reasonable and feasible method of abatement is to
apply an appropriate notch cutting
technique on trees larger than 5-inches in diameter.
Reference: ANSI Z133.1-1994, Paragraph 9.5.14., "Notches shall be used on
all trees and trunks over 5 inches
(12.5 cm) in diameter at breast height."
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S)
  • · Z (S) $350.00

1910.132 A

Deleted Serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Mar 25, 2009
Abate by
Mar 30, 2009
Penalty
Initial $175
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S)
  • · Z (S) $175.00

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