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Priority Excavating, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Waukee, Iowa · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · NAICS 237110

4inspections
6citation items
$8,136current penalties
Jul 12, 2021last inspection

Priority Excavating, LLC has 4 OSHA inspections on record in Iowa, the first in 2016.

OSHA's last visit started on Jul 12, 2021 after a complaint, in Clive.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 6 citation items: 4 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $14,322 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $8,136, down 43%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.652, trench protection (2 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Priority Excavating, LLC averages $2,712 over 3 cited inspections in that time.

Priority Excavating, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Priority Excavating, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345414932 OPENED JUL 12, 2021Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Oct 18, 2021

3255 Se Ashworth Road, Clive, IA 50324 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(ii) · Ground-fault protection on job sites
 Serious$2,842$1,421Sep 21, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv) · Job-site wiring
 Serious$2,842$1,421Sep 21, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
 Serious$1,137$568Sep 21, 2021Final

Inspection 345399596 OPENED JUN 30, 2021Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 24 employees at the site · Closed Oct 26, 2021

Ashworth & Grand Prairie Pkwy, Waukee, IA 50263 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1) · Injury and illness log
 Other-than-serious$425$212Sep 21, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.652(c)(3)(iii) · Trench protection
 Other-than-serious$425$212Sep 21, 2021Final

Inspection 343474631 OPENED SEP 19, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Dec 11, 2018

Nw 36rd Street & Nw Abilene Rd, Ankeny, IA 50021 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 17, 2018: Employee receives shoulder laceration when saw kicks back wh

At 10:45 a.m. on September 17, 2018, an employee was cutting fifteen inch concrete pipe with a saw when the saw bladed kicked back and struck the employee on the shoulder. The employee received a laceration to his shoulder.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$6,651$4,300Nov 5, 2018Final

Inspection 341484129 OPENED MAY 17, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed May 17, 2016

N.e. Douglas, Waukee, IA 50263 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2023, the Clive site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 14 workers: 8.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Priority Excavating Pipe Construction
Clive · 2023
14 108.31.0

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)(1)

(b) Implementation—(1) What do I need to do to complete the OSHA 300 Log? You must enter information about your business at the top of the OSHA 300 Log, enter a one or two line description for each recordable injury or illness, and summarize this information on the OSHA 300-A at the end of the year.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)

(2) The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.

29 CFR 1926.404 · Ground-fault protection on job sites

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(ii)

(ii) Ground-fault circuit interrupters. All 120-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacle outlets on construction sites, which are not a part of the permanent wiring of the building or structure and which are in use by employees, shall have approved ground-fault circuit interrupters for personnel protection. Receptacles on a two-wire, single-phase portable or vehicle-mounted generator rated not more than 5kW, where the circuit conductors of the generator are insulated from the generator frame and all other grounded surfaces, need not be protected with ground-fault circuit interrupters.

29 CFR 1926.405 · Job-site wiring

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

Other water and sewer line and related structures construction employers in Iowa

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