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Gilbert Contracting, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Aurora, Colorado · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · NAICS 237110

7inspections
7citation items
$23,690current penalties
Oct 20, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Gilbert Contracting, Inc. 7 times in Colorado since 2011.

The latest one began on Oct 20, 2022 after a complaint, in Arvada.

Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 7 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $29,248 and now stand at $23,690, 19% lower after settlements or reviews.

Excavations comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1926.651.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Gilbert Contracting, Inc. averages $7,230 (3 cited inspections).

Gilbert Contracting, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.

Gilbert Contracting, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346293608 OPENED OCT 20, 2022Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 100 employees at the site · Closed May 1, 2023

9555 W 59th Ave, Arvada, CO 80004 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.652(g)(2) · Trench protection
Other-than-serious$7,813$7,813Feb 15, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1) · Excavations
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 15, 2023Final

Inspection 344022413 OPENED MAY 7, 2019Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 130 employees at the site · Closed Jul 1, 2019

469 West Highway 7, Broomfield, CO 80023 · Site Preparation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.651(b)(3) · Excavations
Other-than-serious$6,819$3,410Jun 10, 2019Final

Inspection 343602306 OPENED NOV 15, 2018Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Dec 6, 2018

3176 S. Peroria Ct, Aurora, CO 80014 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
Other-than-serious$6,467$6,467Nov 20, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1) · Excavations
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 20, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2) · Excavations
Other-than-serious$5,174$4,000Nov 20, 2018Final

Inspection 342163532 OPENED MAR 10, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 80 employees at the site · Closed May 4, 2017

1305 N. Peoria, Aurora, CO 80010 · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 339790743 OPENED MAY 22, 2014Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 75 employees at the site · Closed May 22, 2014

10020 Train Station Circle, Lone Tree, CO 80124 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 335918181 OPENED AUG 24, 2012Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 45 employees at the site · Closed Sep 24, 2012

7551 W Alameda Ave, Lakewood, CO 80226 · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 314662909 OPENED FEB 15, 2011Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Apr 28, 2011

2300 Steele Street, Denver, CO 80205 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.651(b)(1) · Excavations
Other-than-serious$2,975$2,000Apr 1, 2011Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2019, the Denver site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 130 workers: 4.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 8 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Company Office
Denver · 2019
130 614.61.0

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
Jul 1, 2016 to Jan 30, 2017
Denver
10$0$0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

29 CFR 1926.651(b)(1)

(b) Underground installations. (1) The estimated location of utility installations, such as sewer, telephone, fuel, electric, water lines, or any other underground installations that reasonably may be expected to be encountered during excavation work, shall be determined prior to opening an excavation.

29 CFR 1926.651(b)(3)

(3) When excavation operations approach the estimated location of underground installations, the exact location of the installations shall be determined by safe and acceptable means.

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2)

(2) Means of egress from trench excavations. A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress shall be located in trench excavations that are 4 feet (1.22 m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62 m) of lateral travel for employees.

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

Other water and sewer line and related structures construction employers in Colorado

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