NORTHWEST TOWER CRANE SERVICE INC
NE 153RD & LAKE CITY WY, SEATTLE, WA 98125
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Inspection records
Jan 28, 2025#348015876Jan 28, 2025Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#348015876$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #348015876
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 28, 2025
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 3, 2025
- Closed
- Mar 3, 2025
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 4
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2300 6th Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
- Industry
- 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Jan 9, 2024#347224107Jan 9, 2024Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#347224107$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #347224107
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 9, 2024
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 30, 2024
- Closed
- Jan 30, 2024
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 6
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 809 S Washington St., Seattle, WA 98104
- Industry
- 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Apr 24, 2021#345274252Apr 24, 2021Programmed Related (I) · Partial scope, Safety#345274252$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #345274252
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 24, 2021
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 29, 2021
- Closed
- Apr 29, 2021
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 7
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2000 3rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
- Industry
- 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Programmed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Apr 17, 2021#345258719Apr 17, 2021Programmed Related (I) · Partial scope, Safety#345258719$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #345258719
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 17, 2021
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 29, 2021
- Closed
- Apr 29, 2021
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 6
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2801 S Mcclellan St, Seattle, WA 98144
- Industry
- 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Programmed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Oct 27, 2020#345020440Oct 27, 2020Programmed Related (I) · Partial scope, Safety#345020440$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #345020440
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 27, 2020
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 17, 2020
- Closed
- Nov 17, 2020
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 6
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 60 Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98104
- Industry
- 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Programmed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Dec 4, 2019#344498001Dec 4, 2019Programmed Related (I) · Partial scope, Safety#344498001$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #344498001
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 4, 2019
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 4, 2019
- Closed
- Dec 4, 2019
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 7
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2309 So Jackson, Seattle, WA 98144
- Industry
- 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Programmed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Jul 27, 2019#344286125Jul 27, 2019Programmed Related (I) · Partial scope, Safety#344286125$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #344286125
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 27, 2019
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 5, 2019
- Closed
- Sep 5, 2019
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 4
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1600 9th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
- Industry
- 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Programmed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Apr 27, 2019#343967451Apr 27, 2019FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, SafetyFatality#343967451$12,0003 viol.3 violations$12,000 in penalties
Inspection #343967451
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 27, 2019
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 10, 2019
- Contested
- Oct 23, 2019
- Final Order
- Nov 24, 2020
- Closed
- Dec 23, 2020
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 6
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $12,000
- Penalties on Record
- $12,000
- Site Address
- 630 Boren Ave N Building 25e, Seattle, WA 98109
- Industry
- 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
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.
Two employees are killed when crane collapses
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 296-155-53402(1) | Serious | 4 | 7 | $4,200 | $4,200 | Apr 27, 2019 | Oct 23, 2019 | Nov 24, 2020 |
| 01002 | 296-155-53401(6)(E) | Serious | 1 | 7 | $4,200 | $4,200 | Apr 27, 2019 | Oct 23, 2019 | Nov 24, 2020 |
| 01003 | 296-155-53409(1)(F) | Serious | 1 | 7 | $3,600 | $3,600 | Mar 16, 2020 | Oct 23, 2019 | Nov 24, 2020 |
Jan 7, 2018#342932621Jan 7, 2018Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#342932621$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #342932621
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 7, 2018
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 7, 2018
- Closed
- Jan 7, 2018
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 0 reported
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4218 Roosevelt Ave U-District, Seattle, WA 98127
- Industry
- 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
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.
Dec 9, 2017#342855061Dec 9, 2017Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#342855061$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #342855061
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 9, 2017
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 27, 2017
- Closed
- Dec 27, 2017
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 6
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1212 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98121
- Industry
- 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
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.
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.
24 inspections, 1994 to 2025. 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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: all other specialty trade contractors reported 1.6 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 12.5%; NAICS 23899 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source