COMMUNICATIONS DATA SERVICES
1901 BELL AVENUE, DES MOINES, IA 50315
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Inspection records
Jan 22, 1996#115078248Jan 22, 1996Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#115078248$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #115078248
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 22, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 23, 1996
- Closed
- Jan 24, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,300
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1901 Bell Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50315
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Apr 20, 1993#115063315Apr 20, 1993Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#115063315$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #115063315
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 20, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 30, 1993
- Closed
- May 12, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,000
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1901 Bell Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50315
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Nov 25, 1991#104257506Nov 25, 1991Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#104257506$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #104257506
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 25, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 20, 1992
- Closed
- Jun 24, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 600
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1901 Bell Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50315
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
May 30, 1990#104254842May 30, 1990Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#104254842$7503 viol.3 violations$750 in penalties
Inspection #104254842
Dates
- Opened
- May 30, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 18, 1990
- Contested
- Aug 15, 1990
- Final Order
- Jan 24, 1992
- Closed
- Jun 24, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 600
- Related Activity
- 2 complaints
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $12,400
- Penalties on Record
- $750
- Site Address
- 1901 Bell Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50315
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 880004 | Serious | 2 | 40 | $9,000 | $750 | Jul 1, 1992 | Aug 15, 1990 | Jan 24, 1992 |
| 01002 | 40005 OSHA citation code: 40005 3 | Other | 3 | 120 | $3,000 | $0 | Aug 19, 1990 | Aug 15, 1990 | Apr 12, 1991 |
| 02001 | 40002 OSHA citation code: 40002 1 | Other | 4 | 160 | $400 | $0 | Aug 19, 1990 | Aug 15, 1990 | Apr 12, 1991 |
Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 1 citation issued in this inspection. An FTA penalty is assessed during a follow-up inspection when OSHA's records indicate a previously cited hazard was not corrected by the abatement date. Each row below shows the FTA fields published on the original citation record: the follow-up inspection number, the FTA issuance date, the FTA penalty amount, and any FTA contest or final order date on record.
| Citation | FTA Inspection | FTA Issuance | FTA Penalty | FTA Contest | FTA Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | #104257506 | Feb 25, 1992 | - | - | Jun 24, 1992 |
May 7, 1990#104249537May 7, 1990Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#104249537$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #104249537
Dates
- Opened
- May 7, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- May 7, 1990
- Closed
- May 7, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 500
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1901 Bell Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50315
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Oct 22, 1986#101934230Oct 22, 1986Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#101934230$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #101934230
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 22, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 22, 1986
- Closed
- Oct 22, 1986
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,000
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1901 Bell Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50315
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, violations table fields fta_insp_nr, fta_issuance_date, fta_penalty, fta_contest_date, fta_final_order_date. The FTA follow-up inspection is linked via fta_insp_nr to the inspection activity number (exact government key). When the follow-up inspection is not currently on record in SafetyRecord, the inspection number is shown without a link.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
6 inspections, 1986 to 1996. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.