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Hammers Construction, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Colorado Springs, Colorado · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220

9inspections
13citation items
$114,081current penalties
Feb 27, 2025last inspection

Since 2004, OSHA inspectors have visited Hammers Construction, Inc. in Colorado 9 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Feb 27, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Monument.

In all, OSHA issued 13 citation items: 8 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $152,721; today they stand at $114,081, 25% less.

The rule cited most here is 1926.761 (training), 2 times.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,080 penalty. Hammers Construction, Inc. averages $28,020 across 4 cited inspections.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Hammers Construction, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

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

Hammers Construction, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2004 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348069816 OPENED FEB 27, 2025Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Jun 23, 2025

16529 Cinematic View, Monument, CO 80132 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1) · Fall protection in construction
Other-than-serious$8,276$8,276May 27, 2025Final

Inspection 346541535 OPENED MAR 2, 2023Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 51 employees at the site · Closed Aug 8, 2023

450 E 4th St, Colorado Springs, CO 80907 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1) · Tools—Hand and Power: general requirements
Serious$6,641$3,985Jul 14, 2023Final

Inspection 344502646 OPENED DEC 11, 2019Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · 11 employees at the site · Closed Dec 11, 2019

8775 W Hwy 24, Cascade, CO 80809 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 344377270 OPENED OCT 7, 2019Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed Oct 8, 2019

6260 Woodman Park View, Colorado Springs, CO 80923 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 343935953 OPENED APR 16, 2019Closed

Follow-up · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Apr 17, 2019

6260 Woodman Park View, Colorado Springs, CO 80923 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 343694436 OPENED JAN 3, 2019Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Health · 1 employee at the site · Closed Jun 5, 2019

2410 Executive Cir, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 31, 2018: Two employees are exposed to carbon monoxide poisoning from

At 4:00 p.m. on December 31, 2018, two employees were installing electrical conduit in the main part of the new commercial building and were exposed to carbon monoxide from a gas generator. The employees sustained shortness of breath and were hospitalized for several hours.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.55(a) · Gases, vapors, fumes, dusts, and mists
Other-than-serious$9,282$9,282May 3, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.55(b) · Gases, vapors, fumes, dusts, and mists
Other-than-serious$0$0May 3, 2019Final

Inspection 343048542 OPENED MAR 23, 2018Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Apr 18, 2019

1403 Woolsey Heights, Colorado Springs, CO 80915 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 23, 2018 (fatal): Employee falls from roof while installing metal decking and

At 9:15 a.m. on March 23, 2018, an employee was installing metal decking on the roof of a commercial building when he fell 22 feet from the roof and was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$6,467$12,934Aug 16, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$0$12,934Aug 16, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1) · Fall protection
Serious$90,535$12,934Aug 16, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.759(a) · Falling object protection
Serious$6,630$12,934Feb 11, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
Serious$6,630$12,934Feb 11, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 6 Serious$6,630$12,934Feb 11, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 7 Serious$6,630$12,934Feb 11, 2019Final

Inspection 341816155 OPENED SEP 9, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed Sep 9, 2016

2710 Capital Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80939 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

1 older inspection

Inspection 307648105 OPENED MAY 25, 2004Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 28 employees at the site · Closed Jul 29, 2004

3606 S. Independence, Lakewood, CO 80643 · Industrial Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2) · Excavations
Other-than-serious$2,500$2,000Jul 1, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
Other-than-serious$2,500$0Jul 1, 2004Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Colorado Springs site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 55 workers: 8.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Hammers Construction Inc
Colorado Springs · 2025
55 508.50.6
Hammers Construction Inc.
Colorado Springs · 2020
90 110.20.6

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.

Mar 1, 2023, Colorado Springs: Hospitalization · fractures · arm(s), unspecified

An employee was helping to lower a rebar frame into a 5-foot-deep trench. The employee reached for a chain that had come loose from the rebar and the excavator bucket closed on the employee's left arm, crushing it. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their left arm.

Sep 1, 2022, Colorado Springs: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

The injured employee was trying to stop a piece of wood, which had been cut by another worker's circular saw, from falling to the ground. The saw amputated the injured employee's left index finger.

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
Mar 20, 2023 to Mar 19, 2025
COLORADO SPRINGS
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 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2)

(2) Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.

29 CFR 1926.300 · Tools—Hand and Power: general requirements

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1)

(b) Guarding. (1) When power operated tools are designed to accommodate guards, they shall be equipped with such guards when in use.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2)

(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and walkway shall be at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide.

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.55 · Gases, vapors, fumes, dusts, and mists

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

29 CFR 1926.759 · Falling object protection

29 CFR 1926.760 · Fall protection

29 CFR 1926.761 · Training

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