OSHA Inspection: ORLANDO'S LANDSCAPING, LLC

Issued

Oct 3, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(1):  The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):  Location: 95 Taylortown Rd., Montville, NJ 07045.  a: The employer failed to conduct a worksite hazard assessment to determine the personal protective equipment required to perform tree trimming activities.    Violation occurred on or about April 4, 2024.

Issued

Oct 3, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(f)(1)(i):The employer did not provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use PPE on knowing when PPE is necessary:  Location:  95 Taylortown Rd., Montville, NJ 07045.  a) The employer failed to provide training on personal protective equipment requirements to employees engaged in tree trimming activities. On April 4, 2024, an employee used a work positioning lanyard (arborist flip line) as the only means of fall protection: a main climbing line was not also used.

Issued

Oct 3, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.140(c)(20): The employer did not ensure that ropes, belts, lanyards, lifelines, and harnesses used for personal fall protection are protected from being cut, abraded, melted, or otherwise damaged.  Location: 95 Taylortown Rd., Montville, NJ 07045.  a) The employer failed to provide a second means of fall protection to an employee engaged in tree trimming activities, and that a climber was using a chainsaw in a tree while a work positioning lanyard (arborist flip line) as the only means of fall protection: a main climbing line was not also used.  Violation occurred on or about April 4, 2024.

Issued

Oct 3, 2024

Abate by

Oct 11, 2024

Penalty

Initial $16,131 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.332(b)(1):   Employees were not trained in and familiar with the safety-related work practices required by 1910.331 through 1910.335 that pertained to their respective job assignments.  Location: 95 Taylortown Rd., Montville, NJ 07045.  a) The employer failed to ensure his employees were trained and familiar with the safety-related work practices that included but were not limited to maintaining a safe distance from energized power lines, or ensuring power lines were de-energized and grounded during tree trimming activities. On April 4, 2024, an employee engaged in tree trimming activities contacted 7.2KV power lines, resulting in a fatality.

Issued

Oct 3, 2024

Abate by

Oct 11, 2024

Penalty

Initial $16,131 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(c)(3):   When work was to be performed near overhead lines, the lines were not deenergized and grounded, nor were other protective measures provided before work was started:  Location: 95 Taylortown Rd., Montville, NJ 07045.  a. The employer failed to ensure that protective measures to include but not limited to the de-energization and grounding of power lines were taken prior to beginning work. On April 4, 2024, an employee engaged in tree trimming activities contacted 7.2KV power lines, resulting in a fatality.

Issued

Oct 3, 2024

Abate by

Oct 11, 2024

Penalty

Initial $16,131 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(c)(3)(i)(A)(1):  When an unqualified person was working in an elevated position near overhead lines with voltages to ground rated at 50 kV or below, the location was not such that the person and the longest conductive object he or she could contact came closer than 10 ft. (305 cm) to any unguarded, energized overhead line:  Location: 95 Taylortown Rd., Montville, NJ 07045.  a) The employer failed to ensure that employees working in close proximity to 7.2 kV power lines maintained a 10-foot distance between such power lines and their longest conductive object. On April 4, 2024, an employee engaged in tree trimming activities contacted 7.2 kV power lines, resulting in a fatality.