Inspection Detail

Inspection: 316620137 - Mickeys Tree Service

Inspection Information - Office: Sc Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation

Inspection Nr: 316620137

Report ID: 0454510

Date Opened: 10/25/2012

Site Address:
Mickeys Tree Service
811 River Stone Court
York, SC 29745

Mailing Address:
4607 Charlotte Hwy Suite 15, Clover, SC 29710

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:0783

NAICS: 561730/Landscaping Services

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/13/2013

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/19/2013

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102667581

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$100	$0	$100
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$100	$0	$100
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	Other	30039	03/29/2013	04/02/2013	$100	$100	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200376143

Event: 10/24/2012

Tree Worker Is Killed in Fall from Tree

At approximately 10:45 a.m. on October 24, 2012, Employee #1 was removing trees from a residence in York, SC. His employer has a crew of four workers removing pine trees at the residence. Employee #1 was climbing the pine trees to remove a top section. Employee #1 had finished topping a tree. As he was descending from the tree, he fell approximately 50 feet (15.2 meters) to the ground. He was killed. Other workers were on the site, but they were operating chain saws in other areas of the property and did not hear or see the fall. There were no witnesses to the accident. Employee #1 was using an AOSafety SafeWaze harness and wearing metal spikes. None of the climbing equipment had any points of critical wear or failure. The climbing gear Employee #1 was his own, and he was the competent person who inspected the gear. No other members of the crew were climbers.

Keywords: ROPE, TREE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TREE TRIMMING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316620137			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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