M. PETERSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
1530 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, DES MOINES, IA 50314
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Inspection records
Sep 10, 1990#104259965Sep 10, 1990FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, SafetyFatality#104259965$8,3409 viol.9 violations$8,340 in penalties
Inspection #104259965
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 10, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 28, 1990
- Contested
- Oct 19, 1990
- Final Order
- Sep 16, 1991
- Closed
- Sep 16, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 45
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 9
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 3 repeat, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $14,220
- Penalties on Record
- $8,340
- Site Address
- 801 E. 15th Street, Des Moines, IA 50316
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee killed while cleaning inside grade trimmer
Violations
Violation list (9 of 9 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 880004 | Serious | 1 | 10 | $900 | $300 | Oct 12, 1990 | Oct 19, 1990 | Sep 16, 1991 |
| 01003 | 1926.20 General Safety and Health Provisions OSHA citation code: 19260020 B01 | Serious | 1 | 90 | $720 | $350 | Oct 12, 1990 | Oct 19, 1990 | Sep 16, 1991 |
| 01004 | 1926.20 General Safety and Health Provisions OSHA citation code: 19260020 B02 | Serious | 1 | 90 | $720 | $350 | Oct 10, 1990 | Oct 19, 1990 | Sep 16, 1991 |
| 01005A | 1926.50 Medical services and first aid OSHA citation code: 19260050 D02 | Other | 1 | 10 | $450 | $0 | Oct 10, 1990 | Oct 19, 1990 | Sep 16, 1991 |
| 01005B | 1926.50 Medical services and first aid OSHA citation code: 19260050 D02 | Other | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Oct 10, 1990 | Oct 19, 1990 | Sep 16, 1991 |
| 02001 | 1926.21 Safety Training and Education OSHA citation code: 19260021 B02 | Repeat | 1 | 10 | $9,000 | $5,000 | Oct 12, 1990 | Oct 19, 1990 | Sep 16, 1991 |
| 03001 | 1926.50 Medical services and first aid OSHA citation code: 19260050 C | Repeat | 1 | 10 | $1,440 | $1,440 | Nov 8, 1990 | Oct 19, 1990 | Sep 16, 1991 |
| 03002 | 1926.50 Medical services and first aid OSHA citation code: 19260050 D01 | Repeat | 1 | 10 | $900 | $900 | Oct 10, 1990 | Oct 19, 1990 | Sep 16, 1991 |
| 04001 | 40004 OSHA citation code: 40004 2 | Other | 1 | 90 | $90 | $0 | Oct 10, 1990 | Oct 19, 1990 | Sep 16, 1991 |
Jun 4, 1990#104255088Jun 4, 1990Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#104255088$74516 viol.16 violations$745 in penalties
Inspection #104255088
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 4, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 4, 1990
- Contested
- Jul 17, 1990
- Closed
- Sep 19, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 4
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 16
- Violation Types
- 6 serious, 10 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,740
- Penalties on Record
- $745
- Site Address
- North Bound Lane, 1165 2nd Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50314
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Jul 17, 1990. Final orders are recorded through Sep 19, 1990. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (16 of 16 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.28 Personal Protective Equipment OSHA citation code: 19260028 A | Serious | 1 | 4 | $240 | $120 | Jun 29, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
| 01002 | 1926.50 Medical services and first aid OSHA citation code: 19260050 C | Other | 1 | 4 | $180 | $0 | Jun 29, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
| 01003 | 1926.50 Medical services and first aid OSHA citation code: 19260050 D01 | Other | 1 | 4 | $180 | $0 | Jun 29, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
| 01004 | 1926.200 Accident Prevention Signs and Tags OSHA citation code: 19260200 G01 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $240 | $120 | Jun 29, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
| 01005 | 1926.201 Signaling OSHA citation code: 19260201 A01 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $240 | $120 | Jun 29, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
| 01006 | 1926.202 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $240 | $120 | Jun 29, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
| 01007 | 1926.300 General requirements OSHA citation code: 19260300 B02 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $240 | $165 | Jun 29, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
| 01008 | 1926.302 Power-Operated Hand Tools OSHA citation code: 19260302 B07 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $180 | $100 | Jun 29, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
| 02001 | 120.3 OSHA citation code: 1200003 1 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
| 02002 | 120.5 OSHA citation code: 1200005 1 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
| 02003 | 120.6 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
| 02004A | 1910.94 Ventilation OSHA citation code: 19100094 A05 II | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
| 02004B | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B01 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
| 02004C | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B05 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | - |
| 02004D | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B10 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | - |
| 02005 | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 E05 I | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | Sep 19, 1990 |
Apr 24, 1987#104196787Apr 24, 1987Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#104196787$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #104196787
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 24, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 24, 1987
- Closed
- Jun 25, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 12
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1530 University Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50314
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 120.5 OSHA citation code: 1200005 1 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | May 10, 1987 | - | - |
| 01002 | 120.6 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | May 10, 1987 | - | - |
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 incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
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.
3 inspections, 1987 to 1990. 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.