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THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY

1500 N. MANTUA STREET, KENT, OH, 44240
Operated by Davey Tree Expert · 1 of 397 establishments
561730Landscaping Services

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OSHA inspections
1
over 5 years
Violations
1
$16,500 in penalties
Penalties
$16,500
$16,500 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY has accumulated 1 OSHA violation across 1 inspection over 5 years of recorded history, with $16,500 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 41st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 843 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
1
0.2 / yr · last 5 yrs
Violations
1
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$16,500
$16,500 avg / violation
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 1

100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 1 distinct standard shown · 1 citation in this view · $16,500 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0269 C01 II11$16,500Feb 2025Feb 2025

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

41st

Below average violations in NAICS 5617 within OH. Peer group: 843 employers. This establishment has 1 OSHA violation; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $420
Inspection frequency
0th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
3.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Referral
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Sep 2022

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Sep 9, 2022Other fall to lower level, unspecifiedWrist(s)Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$248,687
Employees affected
2,749

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 2,749 violations · $248,687 in backwages · $216,703 in civil penalties

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeAug 202012,7492,749$248,687$216,703

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 2,749 violations · $248,687 in backwages · $216,703 in civil penalties · 2,749 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Aug 2018 – Aug 2020Landscaping ServicesFLSA2,7492749$248,687$216,703

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

Total applications
6
Certified
6
Avg wage ratio
1.04x
H-1B

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY
1550 FRANKLIN AVE · KENT, OH, 44240
RCRANo Violation Identified00Aug 2013View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
93861
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$4.0M
Disposition
NP
Crime type
Immigration

First case: 2023-07-12. Most recent: 2023-07-12. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$12.6M
Obligated (all-time)
$173.9M
Awards
688
Top agency
Department of Agriculture
$94.6M
Company-wide — THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY (across 3 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$16.8M
Obligated (all-time)
$178.9M
Awards (all-time)
702

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Agriculture$94.6M
General Services Administration$34.5M
Department of the Interior$14.9M
Department of Defense$11.9M
Department of Energy$10.5M

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 561730 - LANDSCAPING SERVICES. Last action: 2026-07-01. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-11-26Referral1$16,500

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY is one of 397 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Davey Tree Expert.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Davey Tree Expert across all 397 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in landscaping services within OH, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Davey Tree Expert, which operates 397 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 1 violation and $16,500 in total penalties.
How does THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY operates in the landscaping services industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.