TRENTON, OH —
OSHA Inspection: ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT COMPANY
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT COMPANY in RAIL ROAD RIGHT OF WAY 400 BLOCK E. STATE ST, TRENTON, OH 45067 (NAICS 561730). OSHA activity number 315173674.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT COMPANY
- Site address
- RAIL ROAD RIGHT OF WAY 400 BLOCK E. STATE ST
- City
- TRENTON
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 45067
- Mailing
- 460 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, RICHMOND, IN 47374
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Y
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 561730
- SIC code (legacy)
- 0783
- Employees
- 5
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2011
- Abate by
- Mar 7, 2011
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $5,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to: a) On and before December 20, 2010, employees were exposed to being struck by railroad equipment while utilizing an active CSX railroad bridge trestle system as a means of access / egress across a partially frozen creek channel in order to reach their work area, an electric utility right of way, for the purpose of clearing brush and other vegetation. Among other methods one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard would be to follow the Asplundh policy as it relates to working on and or near Railroad Operations contained in Basic Tasks 2 (10) and coordinate permission with proper railroad authorities to encroach upon railroad properties.
Recent events (2)
- — F (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $7000.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 315173674.
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