OSHA has inspected Halbrook Excavating 7 times in Iowa since 2005.
The latest one began on Apr 3, 2015 on a referral, in Ankeny.
Those inspections ended with 15 citation items: 10 serious, 2 repeat and 3 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $37,000 and now stand at $13,700, 63% lower after settlements or reviews.
Excavations comes up most often in these citations: 8 items under 1926.651.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,079, and Halbrook Excavating averages $2,550 (1 cited inspection).
Halbrook Excavating also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 315489823 OPENED APR 4, 2011Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Apr 7, 2011
4th Street & Grand Avenue, West Des Moines, IA 50265 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Ankeny site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 45 workers: 0.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 21 days away from work.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
