NORTHVALE, NJ ·
OSHA Inspection: KEN'S TREE CARE INC
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of KEN'S TREE CARE INC in 401 PAULDING AVE, NORTHVALE, NJ 07647 (NAICS 561730). OSHA activity number 334395134.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- KEN'S TREE CARE INC
- Site address
- 401 PAULDING AVE
- City
- NORTHVALE
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 07647
- Mailing
- 401 PAULDING AVE, NORTHVALE, NJ 07647
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 561730
- Employees
- 18
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.244 A02 I
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2012
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $2,520 · Current $1,764 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.244(a)(2)(i): Where there was a possibility of slippage of the cap, a block was not placed in between the cap and the load: a. Shop Area: An employee sustained fatal injuries when a raised 8000 pound Vermeer brush chipper slipped off the saddle of a 22/35 ton 2 stage air/hydraulic jack, on 5/21/2012.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1764
- · Z (S) $2520
1910.244 A02 III
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2012
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $2,520 · Current $1,764 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.244(a)(2)(iii): Loads were not cribbed, blocked or otherwise secured immediately after being raised with a jack: a. Shop Area: An employee sustained fatal injuries while working under a raised Vermeer brush chipper that was not cribbed, blocked or otherwise properly secured, on 05/21/2012.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1764
- · Z (S) $2520
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 334395134.
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