OSHA SearchOSHA records by employer

Compass Communications, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Lakewood, Colorado · Other Telecommunications · NAICS 517910

3inspections
1citation items
$3,803current penalties
Jul 13, 2017last inspection

Since 2000, OSHA inspectors have visited Compass Communications, LLC in Colorado 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Jul 13, 2017 on a referral, in Colorado Springs.

In all, OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

The penalties, $3,803 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

Among media and telecom employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,798 penalty. Compass Communications, LLC averages $3,803 across 1 cited inspection.

Compass Communications, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2000 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

Want to know if OSHA cites Compass Communications, LLC again? Add it to a watchlist and we will email you the morning the citation shows up.

Watch this company

Inspection history

Inspection 342472511 OPENED JUL 13, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Aug 3, 2018

2505 Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80909 · Other Telecommunications · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 11, 2017: Employee receives electrical shock and burns when drill bit

At approximately 3:00 p.m. on July 11, 2017, Employee #1 was climbing a power line pole to drill a hole for fiber optic cable hardware install. He attempted to drill a 9-inch hole across a pole that had a 12.5KV power riser on its side. The drill bit contacted the high electrical power line causing him to receive an electrical shock and burns over 50% of his body. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he underwent burn treatment and was then hospitalized. then hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.268(c) · Telecommunications
 Serious$3,803$3,803Sep 13, 2017Final

Inspection 303673453 OPENED SEP 14, 2000Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Sep 14, 2000

W. Florida Near Newton, Denver, CO 80219 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 303618524 OPENED AUG 21, 2000Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 60 employees at the site · Closed Aug 21, 2000

Depew And Hampden Service Rd., Lakewood, CO 80235 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.268 · Telecommunications

29 CFR 1910.268(c)

(c) Training. Employers shall provide training in the various precautions and safe practices described in this section and shall insure that employees do not engage in the activities to which this section applies until such employees have received proper training in the various precautions and safe practices required by this section. However, where the employer can demonstrate that an employee is already trained in the precautions and safe practices required by this section prior to his employment, training need not be provided to that employee in accordance with this section. Where training is required, it shall consist of on-the-job training or classroom-type training or a combination of both. The employer shall certify that employees have been trained by preparing a certification record which includes the identity of the person trained, the signature of the employer or the person who

Other other telecommunications employers in Colorado

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.