Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1415099.015 - The Tree Company, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Bridgeport Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1415099.015

Report ID: 0111500

Date Opened: 07/12/2019

Site Address:
The Tree Company, Llc
4 Currier Place
Cheshire, CT 06408

Mailing Address:
642 Route 148, Killingworth, CT 06419

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 561730/Landscaping Services

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/12/2019

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/18/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1475812	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$3,789	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,789
Current Penalty	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,500
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	5A0001	12/18/2019	01/22/2020	$2,500	$3,789	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 122339.015

Event: 07/12/2019

Employee incurs multiple injuries when pinned by tree limb

At 10:00 a.m. on July 12, 2019, the employee, a qualified arborist, was tasked with removing limbs from a tree when an anchor point failed. The employee set the friction rings at the high points, ran the rope through the rings down to the limb where he was going to cut. One end of the rope was tied off to the branch that was to be cut. The other end of the rope was wrapped around a port-o-wrap. The employee begin to cut the dead branch but instead of being able to lower it to the ground, the cut branch got hang up on the live branch below. The employee brought the bucket over, under the anchor point, to take the weight off the ropes in hopes of jiggling the tied branch off. The live branch failed, pinning the employee in the bucket. The employee was admitted and treated at the hospital for serious injuries including broken ribs, a fractured scapula, creek bone, a crack in the lower eye socket and cervical facture.

Keywords: Abrasion, Arborist, Back, Broken, Broken Bone, Bucket , Contusion, Cut, Eye, Face, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Landscaper, Landscaping, Operator, Pinned, Rib, Ring, Rope, Shoulder Bone, Trapped, Tree, Tree Felling, Tree Limb

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1415099.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Aerial Lift Operator

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