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Crestone Builders, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Watertown, South Dakota · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · NAICS 236116

1inspections
2citation items
$2,100current penalties
May 8, 2018last inspection

Crestone Builders, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in South Dakota.

OSHA opened it on May 8, 2018 after a complaint, in Watertown.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.

OSHA proposed $3,770 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $2,100, down 44%.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. Crestone Builders, Inc. averages $2,100 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Crestone Builders, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $331 in back wages owed to workers.

Crestone Builders, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343145546 OPENED MAY 8, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Oct 31, 2018

2001 East Kemp Place, Watertown, SD 57201 · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$1,885$1,200Jul 26, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$1,885$900Jul 26, 2018Final

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 Watertown site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 39 workers: 13.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 96 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Crestone Builders Inc.
Watertown · 2023
39 5213.01.8
construction
Watertown · 2019
22 7134.10.6

Wage and hour cases

Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.

Period reviewedViolationsWorkers owedBack wagesPenalties
Dec 19, 2017 to Dec 18, 2019
Watertown
11$331$0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii)

(ii) Each employee on a walking/working surface shall be protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes (including skylights) by covers.

Other new multifamily housing construction (except for-sale builders) employers in South Dakota

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.