OSHA has inspected Global Underground Corp 3 times in Colorado since 2009.
The latest one began on Jul 31, 2017 on a referral, in Westminster.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $5,945 and still stand at $8,000.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Global Underground Corp averages $8,000 (1 cited inspection).
Global Underground Corp also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Colorado · latest 90 days of OSHA records
134employers cited
2 of them in the same industry
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Incident on Jul 28, 2017: Worker is struck by falling object when rigging fails
At 9:00 a.m. on July 28, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction site. A sewer line had just been replaced. Employee #1 was assisting in rigging the pull head in order to remove it from the trench box. The pull head slipped out of the rigging chain and dropped to the ground, striking Employee #1. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for fractures to his sternum, ribs, and scapula, and a bruised lung. bruised lung.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2020, the Colorado Springs site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 74 workers: 3.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Global Underground Corp.
Colorado Springs · 2020
74
3
0
3.7
1.0
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
An employee was hitching a trailer to a generator. As the generator hitch was set on the edge of the truck hitch, it slipped and caught the employee's fingertip. The fingertip and fingernail were amputated (without bone loss).
An employee was assisting in rigging the pull head from the trench box. The pull head slipped out of the chain while suspended and fell to the ground, striking the employee and causing a fractured right scapula, fractured sternum, nine fractured ribs, and a bruised right lung.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) The design and use of all traffic control devices, including signs, signals, markings, barricades, and other devices, for protection of construction workers shall conform to Part 6 of the MUTCD (incorporated by reference, see § 1926.6).
(e) Exposure to falling loads. No employee shall be permitted underneath loads handled by lifting or digging equipment. Employees shall be required to stand away from any vehicle being loaded or unloaded to avoid being struck by any spillage or falling materials. Operators may remain in the cabs of vehicles being loaded or unloaded when the vehicles are equipped, in accordance with § 1926.601(b)(6), to provide adequate protection for the operator during loading and unloading operations.
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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.
