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Key Structures, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Pueblo, Colorado · Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing · NAICS 332311

8inspections
44citation items
$279,209current penalties
Oct 10, 2023last inspection

Key Structures, LLC has 8 OSHA inspections on record in Colorado, the first in 2020.

OSHA's last visit started on Oct 10, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Colorado Springs.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 44 citation items: 31 serious, 5 repeat and 8 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $390,346 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $279,209, down 28%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.134, respiratory protection (4 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Key Structures, LLC averages $46,535 over 6 cited inspections in that time.

Key Structures, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

Key Structures, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347036303 OPENED OCT 10, 2023Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Oct 26, 2023

Vicinity Of 7700 Adventure Way, Wh-7271a, Colorado Springs, CO 80923 · Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 346810104 OPENED JUN 28, 2023Closed

Follow-up · Complete · Safety · 22 employees at the site · Closed Jul 5, 2023

319 Lockheed St, Pueblo, CO 81001 · Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 346073570 OPENED JUL 11, 2022Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Health · 41 employees at the site · Closed Apr 17, 2023

319 Lockheed St, Pueblo, CO 81001 · Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$8,702$6,961Sep 20, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$5,801$4,641Sep 20, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1 Repeat$17,403$13,922Sep 20, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Repeat$11,602$9,182Sep 20, 2022Final

Inspection 345912208 OPENED APR 21, 2022Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 43 employees at the site · Closed Apr 17, 2023

319 Lockheed St, Pueblo, CO 81001 · Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.179(l)(3)(i) · Overhead and gantry cranes
Serious$11,167$8,933Sep 21, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii) · Using electrical equipment
Serious$6,381$5,104Sep 21, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.140(d)(2)(ii) · Personal fall protection systems
Repeat$15,954$12,763Sep 21, 2022Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1904.32(a)(1) · Yearly injury summary
Other-than-serious$1,595$1,276Sep 21, 2022Final

Inspection 345179055 OPENED MAR 3, 2021Closed

Follow-up · Complete · Safety · 85 employees at the site · Closed Oct 19, 2021

319 Lockheed St, Pueblo, CO 81001 · Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1) · Eye and face protection
Serious$5,792$3,032Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$5,792$3,032Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii) · Using electrical equipment
Serious$5,792$3,031Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 13, 2021Final

Inspection 345159933 OPENED FEB 23, 2021Closed

Follow-up · Complete · Health · 85 employees at the site · Closed Mar 27, 2023

319 Lockheed St, Pueblo, CO 81001 · Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1) · Walking-working surfaces
Serious$9,655$6,759Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(7)(i) · Ladders in general industry
Serious$11,586$8,690Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.23(b)(8) · Ladders in general industry
Serious$0$0Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3 Serious$11,586$8,690Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.140(d)(2)(ii) · Personal fall protection systems
Serious$9,655$6,759Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$7,724$5,793Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$13,516$9,462Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$0$0Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 6c
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$0$0Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 6d
29 CFR 1926.454(b) · Scaffold training
Serious$0$0Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.101(b) · Compressed gases (general requirements)
Serious$5,792$4,344Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.452(w)(2) · Rules for each type of scaffold
Repeat$115,854$86,890Aug 13, 2021Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
Repeat$19,311$13,518Aug 13, 2021Final

Inspection 345089718 OPENED JAN 8, 2021Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 85 employees at the site · Closed May 6, 2021

319 Lockheed St, Pueblo, CO 81001 · Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 6, 2021: Employee injures knee in fall from ladder while descending f

At 2:45 p.m. on January 6, 2021, an employee was leaving the worksite at the end of the workday after installing shingles on the roof of a mobile home, approximately 14 feet above a lower level. The employee used an extension ladder to descend from the roof but as he began to descend, the ladder slipped and fell. The employee caught his leg in between the rungs of the ladder during the fall, causing severe damage to the knee, which required reconstructive surgery. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(7)(i) · Ladders in general industry
Serious$13,516$12,164Feb 25, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
Serious$13,516$12,164Feb 25, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.30(a)(3) · Training requirements
Serious$0$0Feb 25, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3) · Injury and illness log
Other-than-serious$1,931$1,739Feb 25, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1904.40(a) · Giving injury records to OSHA
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 25, 2021Final

Inspection 344922760 OPENED SEP 10, 2020Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 110 employees at the site · Closed May 14, 2021

319 Lockheed St, Pueblo, CO 81001 · Manufactured Home (Mobile Home) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 9, 2020: Employee fractures vertebra in fall from scaffold

At 8:15 a.m. on September 9, 2020, an employee was pulling a screw from housing, while on a scaffold. The employee pulled the screw and fell backwards when the screw released. The employee fell from the scaffold to the concrete floor. He was hospitalized for a fracture to the T9 vertebra.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.27(a) · Scaffolds and rope descent systems
Serious$10,409$5,204Dec 9, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
Serious$6,940$3,470Dec 9, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(ii) · Fall protection in general industry
Serious$5,205$2,602Dec 9, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$10,409$5,204Dec 9, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Dec 9, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Dec 9, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 4d
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Dec 9, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.179(j)(3) · Overhead and gantry cranes
Serious$8,675$4,338Dec 9, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.179(b)(8) · Overhead and gantry cranes
Serious$12,145$6,072Dec 9, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i) · Using electrical equipment
Serious$5,205$2,602Dec 9, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3) · Injury and illness log
Other-than-serious$1,735$868Dec 9, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 2a Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 9, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 2b Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 9, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 9, 2020Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2021, the Pueblo site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 95 workers: 0.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 186 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Key Structures LLC
Pueblo · 2021
95 330.50.6

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.

Jan 6, 2021, Pueblo: Hospitalization · major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments · knee(s)

An employee was doing roof work on a manufactured home inside a plant. As he stepped off the roof onto an extended ladder, his foot slipped between the rungs. The ladder gave out and he fell about 13 feet, suffering torn anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments in the right knee and leg (as well as a possible blood clot). He was hospitalized.

Sep 9, 2020, Pueblo: Hospitalization · fractures · skull

An employee was working from a scaffold when he lost his balance and fell 10 feet through the guard rail to the ground. He fractured his skull.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.29 · Injury and illness log

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3)

(3) How quickly must each injury or illness be recorded? You must enter each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred.

29 CFR 1904.32 · Yearly injury summary

29 CFR 1904.32(a)(1)

(1) Review the OSHA 300 Log to verify that the entries are complete and accurate, and correct any deficiencies identified;

29 CFR 1904.40 · Giving injury records to OSHA

29 CFR 1904.40(a)

(a) Basic requirement. When an authorized government representative asks for the records you keep under part 1904, you must provide copies of the records within four (4) business hours.

29 CFR 1910.101 · Compressed gases (general requirements)

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.140 · Personal fall protection systems

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.179 · Overhead and gantry cranes

29 CFR 1910.22 · Walking-working surfaces

29 CFR 1910.23 · Ladders in general industry

29 CFR 1910.27 · Scaffolds and rope descent systems

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.30 · Training requirements

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.334 · Using electrical equipment

29 CFR 1910.94 · Ventilation

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.452 · Rules for each type of scaffold

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

Other prefabricated metal building and component manufacturing employers in Colorado

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