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Backhoe Excavating, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Parker, Colorado · Site Preparation Contractors · NAICS 238910

4inspections
19citation items
$28,970current penalties
Apr 16, 2019last inspection

Backhoe Excavating, Inc. has 4 OSHA inspections on record in Colorado, the first in 1991.

OSHA's last visit started on Apr 16, 2019 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Windsor.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 19 citation items: 8 serious and 11 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $37,396 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $28,970, down 23%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.651, excavations (5 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Backhoe Excavating, Inc. averages $25,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Backhoe Excavating, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Backhoe Excavating, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1991 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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2 of them in the same industry

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Inspection history

Inspection 343941126 OPENED APR 16, 2019Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Sep 28, 2023

925 Camberly Drive, Windsor, CO 80550 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 16, 2019 (fatal): Two employees are caught in trench cave-in and suffocate

At 2:15 p.m. on April 16, 2019, two employees were laying sewer pipe in a trench and became caught in it when the trench collapsed. Both employees suffocated and died from asphyxiation.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$3,789$0Sep 25, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 25, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.651(h)(1) · Excavations
Serious$5,304$5,304Sep 25, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(2) · Excavations
Serious$5,304$5,304Sep 25, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
Serious$13,260$13,260Sep 25, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15) · Ladders in construction
Other-than-serious$3,789$1,132Sep 25, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16) · Ladders in construction
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 25, 2019Final

Inspection 309002566 OPENED FEB 13, 2006Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed May 5, 2006

6660 Tenderfoot Avenue, Firestone, CO 80504 · Site Preparation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
Other-than-serious$1,500$900Apr 21, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2) · Excavations
Other-than-serious$450$270Apr 21, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1) · Excavations
Serious$1,500$900Apr 21, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
Serious$1,500$900Apr 21, 2006Closed

Inspection 302772108 OPENED APR 11, 2000Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Apr 11, 2000

4849 Eagle Boulevard, Frederick, CO 80630 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 1868777 OPENED FEB 22, 1991Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed May 24, 1991

10400 Stoneflower Drive, Parker, CO 80134 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
Serious$350$350Apr 15, 1991Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
Serious$0$0Apr 15, 1991Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2) · Excavations
Serious$350$350Apr 15, 1991Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1) · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
Other-than-serious$100$100Apr 15, 1991Closed
Citation 2, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.59(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$100$100Apr 15, 1991Closed
Citation 2, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.59(g)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 15, 1991Closed
Citation 2, item 2c
29 CFR 1926.59(h) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 15, 1991Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1926.100(a) · Hard hats in construction
Other-than-serious$100$100Apr 15, 1991Closed

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2023, the Windsor site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 14 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Backhoe Excavating, Inc.
Windsor · 2023
14 000.01.0
Backhoe Excavating, Inc.
Firestone · 2020
21 000.01.0

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards

29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1)

(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1926.100 · Hard hats in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.59 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

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