Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1554338.015 - Artistic Maintenance, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Santa Ana District Office

Inspection Nr: 1554338.015

Report ID: 0950631

Date Opened: 09/23/2021

Site Address:
Artistic Maintenance, Inc.
201 Via Marfino
San Clemente, CA 92673

Mailing Address:
15510 Rockfield Blvd. Ste. C200, Irvine, CA 92618

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 561730/Landscaping Services

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/01/2022

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/24/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	1815260

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$750	$0	$750
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$750	$0	$750
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	Other	3203(A)(8)(B)	02/01/2022		$0	$0	$0		Z - Issued
2.	01002	Other	3395(I)	02/01/2022		$750	$750	$0		Z - Issued

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 139421.015

Event: 09/21/2021

Employee sustains injuries, falls when rope caught in chippe

At 10:45 a.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee was working for a home owner's association (HOA) trimming trees in the HOA residential parkway. The employee worked for the employer for over 8 years as a tree trimmer. The employee was working with a coworker who was a groundskeeper. The coworker was gathering cut tree limbs while the employee was approximately 15 to 20 feet aloft in a Ficus tree. The coworker placed the cut tree limbs into a Bandit Model 990XP Brush Chipper (Serial Number 10D37933) approximately 60 feet away. The coworker accidentality placed the end of the employee's climbing rope into the chipper which grabbed rope. The employee fell and was hospitalized to treat a broken jaw, a punctured lung, fractured ribs and bruises.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brush, Brush Chipper, Caught In, Clearance, Clearing, Climber, Climbing, Climbing Line, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Groundskeeper, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Landscaper, Landscaping, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rope, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Climber, Tree Climbing System, Tree Limb, Tree Trimming

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1554338.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Occupation Not Listed

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