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.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Colorado · latest 90 days of OSHA records
136employers cited
3 of them in the same industry
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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.
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.
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 year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Hammers Construction Inc
Colorado Springs · 2025
55
5
0
8.5
0.6
Hammers Construction Inc.
Colorado Springs · 2020
90
1
1
0.2
0.6
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.
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.
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 reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Mar 20, 2023 to Mar 19, 2025
COLORADO SPRINGS
1
0
$0
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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.
(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.
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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.