J. THOMAS TREE SERVICE
2716 BERKELEY AVENUE, ERIE, PA 16509 · NAICS 561730 Landscaping Services
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Oct 2, 2020#344954656Oct 2, 2020Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#344954656$2,8001 viol.1 violation$2,800 in penalties
Inspection #344954656
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 2, 2020
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 1, 2021
- Final Order
- Mar 31, 2021
- Closed
- Oct 13, 2021
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 5
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $5,461
- Penalties on Record
- $2,800
- Site Address
- 4699 Sterling Avenue, Erie, PA 16510
- Industry
- 561730 Landscaping Services
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee amputates finger when caught between truck and tree
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 1 | 5 | $5,461 | $2,800 | Mar 26, 2021 | - | Mar 31, 2021 |
Aug 1, 2016#341699288Aug 1, 2016Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#341699288$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #341699288
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 1, 2016
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 1, 2016
- Closed
- Jan 27, 2017
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 16
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Cherry St. Ext., Erie, PA 16509
- Industry
- 561730 Landscaping Services
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Sep 1, 2011#315763722Sep 1, 2011FatalityReferral (C) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#315763722$4,7802 viol.2 violations$4,780 in penalties
Inspection #315763722
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 1, 2011
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 22, 2012
- Closed
- Feb 11, 2016
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 4
- Related Activity
- 1 referral, 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $7,560
- Penalties on Record
- $4,780
- Site Address
- 1107 Chestnut Hill Drive, Erie, PA 16509
- Industry
- 561730 Landscaping Services
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee dies from electrical shock
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002 | 1910.332 Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices - Training OSHA citation code: 19100332 B02 | Other | 1 | 1 | $3,780 | $1,000 | Mar 28, 2012 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.333 Electrical - Selection and Use of Work Practices OSHA citation code: 19100333 C03 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $3,780 | $3,780 | Mar 21, 2012 | - | - |
Jan 5, 2009#122173875Jan 5, 2009Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#122173875$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #122173875
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 5, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 5, 2009
- Closed
- Jan 6, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 3
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2716 Berkeley Avenue, Erie, PA 16505
- Industry
- 561730 Landscaping Services
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
4 inspections, 2009 to 2020. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
Administrative and Support Services, 52,360 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: landscaping services reported 3.0 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 5.9%; NAICS 56173 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source