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Oftedal Construction, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Rapid City, South Dakota · Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction · NAICS 237990

2inspections
1citation items
$12,000current penalties
Oct 25, 2023last inspection

Oftedal Construction, Inc. has 2 OSHA inspections on record in South Dakota, the first in 2022.

OSHA's last visit started on Oct 25, 2023 to follow up on an earlier case, in Keystone.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $13,052 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $12,000, down 8%.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. Oftedal Construction, Inc. averages $12,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Oftedal Construction, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347058307 OPENED OCT 25, 2023Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jan 17, 2024

Us-16 & Keystone Exchange, Keystone, SD 57751 · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 346053168 OPENED JUN 30, 2022Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 193 employees at the site · Closed Oct 30, 2023

10755 Sheridan Lake Road, Rapid City, SD 57702 · Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jun 29, 2022 (fatal): Employee is killed in work zone after run over by grader

At 8:00 a.m. on June 29, 2022, an employee, who worked as a Gravel Checker, was walking behind a Caterpillar 14H Model 1411 Motor Grader. The employee was walking across the work zone travelling from the south traffic lane of a roadway to the northeast non-traffic side of the road. The coworker operating the grader began to back up and struck the employee running him over with the left two rear tires and killing him. pelvic region, lower abdomen and legs, including multiple fractures and dislocat ions.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
Other-than-serious$13,052$12,000Dec 6, 2022Final

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.

Other other heavy and civil engineering construction employers in South Dakota

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.