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Tree services company fined $72,500 after employee died on the job

Original post made on Aug 24, 2023

Tree services company F.A. Bartlett, whose employee died after being pulled into a wood chipper while on the job in Menlo Park in October, now faces citations and fines from the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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Posted by MyFeelz
a resident of another community
on Aug 24, 2023 at 3:03 pm
MyFeelz is a registered user.

This takes "blame the victim" to a whole 'nother level. Very tragic. Accidents will happen when industrial equipment is run by a single operator. What's missing is what all the other employees were doing while Mr. Contreras-Benitez was running the chipper. The fine that OSHA is levying is so minimal, the company should gracefully pay it and let the man rest in peace.

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