Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1487682.015 - Townsend Tree Services Company, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Atlanta West Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1487682.015

Report ID: 0418200

Date Opened: 08/11/2020

Site Address:
Townsend Tree Services Company, Llc
Approx. 150 Yards From The Intersection Of John Davenport Rd And Division St
Rome, GA 30163

Mailing Address:
1015 W Jackson St., Muncie, IN 47305

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 561730/Landscaping Services

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/11/2020

Emphasis: L:Landscpe

Case Closed: 04/28/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1638254	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$11,605	$0	$0	$0	$0	$11,605
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19100266 F01 II	02/03/2021	03/02/2021	$0	$11,605	$0		I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 128525.015

Event: 08/06/2020

Employee lacerates shoulder when pulled into disc chipper

At 2:30 p.m. on August 6, 2020, an employee was feeding brush into a disc chipper from the road side. The employee fed a big limb into the hopper and was turning around to go to the back of the limb to push it into the chipper when he tripped on some accumulated brush that was in front of the chipper hopper. The employee fell back into the hopper and was pulled into the disc chipper by the branches of the limb. The employee was hospitalized to treat severe lacerations and cuts to his left shoulder.

Keywords: Brush Chipper, Chipper, Chipping, Fall, Hopper, Laceration, Shoulder, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Limb, Tripped

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1487682.015	51	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine feeders and offbearers

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.