OSHA has inspected Vforge, Inc. 8 times in Colorado since 2006.
The latest one began on Jan 16, 2026 as a planned inspection, in Lakewood; the case is still open.
Those inspections ended with 28 citation items: 22 serious, 1 willful, 1 repeat and 4 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $260,399 and now stand at $130,787, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 8 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Vforge, Inc. averages $39,382 (3 cited inspections).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Vforge, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 343043881 OPENED MAR 23, 2018Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 71 employees at the site · Closed Sep 19, 2024
5567 W. 6th Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80214 · Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundries · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Mar 23, 2018 (fatal): Employee's head is crushed by horizontal printing press and
At 1:25 p.m. on March 23, 2018, an employee and coworker were completing a die change on an IDRA SSM printing press without following a LOTO procedure. The employee's head and neck were between or near the platens when the horizontal forge activated and he was crushed during either the extend or retract stroke of the 400 ton press, killing him.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a |
Serious | $9,054 | $4,527 | Sep 20, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Sep 20, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $9,054 | $4,527 | Sep 20, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1a |
Willful | $103,469 | $51,734 | Sep 20, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Sep 20, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 2a |
Serious | $103,469 | $51,734 | Sep 20, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 2b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Sep 20, 2018 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Lakewood site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 48 workers: 13.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 5.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 2 days away from work.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
