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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 1506773.015 - Core Tree Care Inc.
Inspection Information - Office: American Canyon District Office
Site Address:
Core Tree Care Inc.
Highway 128 & Tubbs Lane
Calistoga, CA 94515
Mailing Address:
11762 De Palma Road, Suite 1c-103, Corona, CA 92883
Union Status: Union
SIC:
NAICS: 561730/Landscaping Services
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 05/21/2021
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 03/20/2023
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 1701497 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $18,000 | $0 | $0 | $560 | $0 | $18,560 |
| Current Penalty | $10,800 | $0 | $0 | $260 | $0 | $11,060 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01001 | Other | 3203(A) | 05/21/2021 | $260 | $560 | $0 | 10/22/2021 | O - Administrative Law Judge Order | ||
| 2. | 02001 | Serious | 3427(C)(3) | 05/21/2021 | $10,800 | $18,000 | $0 | 10/22/2021 | O - Administrative Law Judge Order |
Investigation Summary
At 11:30 a.m. on December 4, 2020, an employee was working for a landscaping service. His employer had been contracted to remove trees alongside a highway in Calistoga, California. He was the immediate supervisor onsite the day of the incident. He was in a bucket truck, positioning himself to be near a limb that he was going to remove. The employer had rented the bucket truck access the tree to be removed, due to terrain issues. A shallow ditch at the site would have made it dangerous for employees to conduct tree removal operations from the ground. The limb the employee was working on was roughly 30DBH (30 in. diameter at breast height, or 0.75 m diameter) and 48 in. (1.22 m) long. The employee made a direct cut into the limb at a 45-degree angle, leaving only a small portion of the limb uncut. He then began to reposition the bucket while also calling to the ground crew for a rope to sling the branch. About the time the employee entered the danger zone for this operation, the limb broke free. The limb fell, striking the employee in his right hand, which he had placed on the lip of the bucket to stabilize himself as he maneuvered. He had been using his left hand to control the bucket truck. The employee suffered a serious injury to the back of his right hand. His skin was stripped down to tendons and bone from the top of his right hand. He was hospitalized. He remained in the hospital until December 7, 2020. The Division learned about the incident at 10:05 p.m. on December 4, 2020. A CHSO was assigned to the investigation and made it onsite on December 16, 2020. The site was no longer an active site after December 4, 2020. T8 CCR Section 3427(c)(3), Felling, Safe Work Procedures, mandated that "A notch and back cut shall be used to establish a hinge when felling trees over 5 inches [125 mm] in diameter."
Keywords: Avulsion, Bucket , Bucket Truck, Chain Saw, Danger Area, Danger Zone, Degloving, Falling Object, Hand, Laceration, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Skin, Struck By, Tendon, Tree Care, Tree Felling, Tree Trimming, Work at Elevation
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1506773.015 | 34 | M | Hospitalized injury | Occupation Not Listed |