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Sewer Solutions: OSHA inspections and violations

Westminster, Colorado · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · NAICS 238220

4inspections
13citation items
$18,840current penalties
Sep 24, 2018last inspection

Since 2013, OSHA inspectors have visited Sewer Solutions in Colorado 4 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Sep 24, 2018 after a complaint, in Arvada.

In all, OSHA issued 13 citation items: 8 serious, 4 repeat and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $28,018; today they stand at $18,840, 33% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.1200 (hazard communication), 6 times.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,079 penalty. Sewer Solutions averages $15,000 across 1 cited inspection.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Sewer Solutions: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343482915 OPENED SEP 24, 2018Closed

Complaint · No inspection · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Sep 24, 2018

1410 Grey Street, Arvada, CO 80403 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 343480331 OPENED SEP 21, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Sep 14, 2023

1374 Yates St., Denver, CO 80204 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 20, 2018: Employee is buried in trench collapse and incurs multiple in

At 1:15 p.m. on September 20, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a sewer construction company, was working in a trench at the site of a multifamily residential structure, a multiemployer construction project. He was attempting to tie a pipeline into the main sewer line when a trench sidewall collapsed. The employee was buried and trapped in approximately 7 feet of soil. The employee was rescued and transported to the hospital, where he was treated for asphyxiation/respiratory injuries and injuries to his shoulder and rib. rib.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
Serious$3,880$3,000Nov 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1) · Excavations
Serious$3,880$3,000Nov 6, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
Repeat$7,760$7,000Nov 6, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Repeat$3,326$1,000Nov 6, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Repeat$0$0Nov 6, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Repeat$0$0Nov 6, 2018Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$2,772$1,000Nov 6, 2018Final

Inspection 340149780 OPENED NOV 22, 2014Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Apr 9, 2015

1470 Lehigh St, Boulder, CO 80305 · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
Serious$2,000$2,000Feb 20, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$1,200$240Feb 20, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Feb 20, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Feb 20, 2015Final

Inspection 339532608 OPENED DEC 26, 2013Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Sep 30, 2014

7669 Newton Street, Westminster, CO 80030 · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$1,600$800Jan 23, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.200(g)(1) · Accident prevention signs and tags
Serious$1,600$800Jan 23, 2014Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Sep 20, 2018, Denver: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · multiple body parts, n.e.c.

An employee was fixing a tap on a sewer line. The trench collapsed, inuring the employee's shoulder, ribs, and back. The employee was hospitalized.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1926.200 · Accident prevention signs and tags

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

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