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NELSON'S TREE SERVICE LLC
$20,187
penalties
3
viol.
2
insp.

NELSON'S TREE SERVICE LLC

10900 S. HARDWICK, COLUMBIA, MO 65203NAICS 561730 Landscaping Services

Inspections
2
Aug 2016 to Jan 2018 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
3
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$20,187
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 2Willful 0Repeat 0Other 1

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Inspection records

Jan 30, 2018Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#342921848$2,7161 viol.

Inspection #342921848

Dates

Opened
Jan 30, 2018
Closing Conference Date
Jan 30, 2018
Final Order
Mar 27, 2018
Closed
Sep 7, 2018

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
$3,880
Penalties on Record
$2,716
Site Address
10900 S. Hardwick, Columbia, MO 65203
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.

HospitalizationJan 23, 2018

Employee falls from tree, breaks collarbone

Event: Fall (From Elevation)

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.28
Duty to Have Fall Protection
OSHA citation code: 19100028 B15
Serious11$3,880$2,716-Mar 27, 2018
Aug 15, 2016FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Partial scope, Safety#341697506$17,4712 viol.

Inspection #341697506

Dates

Opened
Aug 15, 2016
Closing Conference Date
Oct 26, 2016
Final Order
Nov 25, 2016
Closed
Oct 25, 2019

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
8
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$17,471
Penalties on Record
$17,471
Site Address
3903 Deerfoot Way, Columbia, MO 65203
Industry
561730 Landscaping Services

Fatality/Catastrophe Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a fatality/catastrophe inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data.

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.

FatalityAug 12, 2016

Employee dies from internal injuries after being struck by f

Event: Struck By

Violations

Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010015A0001
General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)
Serious31$12,471$12,471Nov 30, 2016-Nov 25, 2016
020011904.39
Reporting Fatalities, Hospitalizations, Amputations, and Losses of an Eye
OSHA citation code: 19040039 A01
Other11$5,000$5,000-Nov 25, 2016
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About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.

OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.

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.

Standards cited

1904.39Reporting Fatalities, Hospitalizations, Amputations, and Losses of an Eye1 citation · $5,000
1910.28Duty to Have Fall Protection1 citation · $2,716
5A0001General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)1 citation · $12,471

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer1.5
Industry average1.6
Penalties per inspection
This employer$10,094
Industry average$1,872

Administrative and Support Services, 53,376 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

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