PPL MONTANA
POWER PLANT, WILLOW AVE TO SECURITY SHACK, COLSTRIP, MT 59323 · NAICS 221122 Electric Power Distribution
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Inspection records
Jan 9, 2001#302898994Jan 9, 2001Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#302898994$8001 viol.1 violation$800 in penalties
Inspection #302898994
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 9, 2001
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 9, 2001
- Closed
- Mar 14, 2001
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 360
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,275
- Penalties on Record
- $800
- Site Address
- P.o. Box 38, Colstrip, MT 59323
- Industry
- 221122 Electric Power Distribution
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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A02 | Other | 10 | 30 | $1,275 | $800 | Mar 10, 2001 | - | - |
Jun 27, 2000#302896717Jun 27, 2000Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#302896717$23,50029 viol.29 violations$23,500 in penalties
Inspection #302896717
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 27, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 23, 2000
- Closed
- Sep 21, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 500
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 29
- Violation Types
- 24 serious, 5 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $44,500
- Penalties on Record
- $23,500
- Site Address
- P.o. Box 38, Colstrip, MT 59323
- Industry
- 221122 Electric Power Distribution
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 (10 of 29 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A02 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $1,500 | $750 | Aug 27, 2000 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 A08 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Aug 17, 2000 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 A06 | Serious | 2 | 1 | $2,500 | $1,250 | Aug 27, 2000 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Serious | 6 | 3 | $5,000 | $2,500 | Aug 30, 2000 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C02 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $5,000 | $2,500 | Aug 27, 2000 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C | Serious | 1 | 1 | $2,500 | $1,250 | Aug 27, 2000 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $2,500 | $1,250 | Sep 30, 2000 | - | - |
| 01007 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Serious | 1 | 1 | $5,000 | $2,500 | Aug 27, 2000 | - | - |
| 01008 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09 | Serious | 2 | 1 | $1,500 | $750 | Sep 15, 2000 | - | - |
| 01009 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 C02 I | Serious | 1 | 1 | $2,500 | $1,250 | Aug 27, 2000 | - | - |
Showing the 10 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 29 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Jun 16, 2000#302896659Jun 16, 2000Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#302896659$2,5001 viol.1 violation$2,500 in penalties
Inspection #302896659
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 16, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 13, 2000
- Closed
- Oct 10, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 300
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $5,000
- Penalties on Record
- $2,500
- Site Address
- P.o. Box 38, Colstrip, MT 59323
- Industry
- 221122 Electric Power Distribution
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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.110 Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases OSHA citation code: 19100110 B18 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $5,000 | $2,500 | Sep 15, 2000 | - | - |
Apr 28, 2000#302895040Apr 28, 2000Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#302895040$62,5003 viol.3 violations$62,500 in penalties
Inspection #302895040
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 28, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 24, 2000
- Closed
- Oct 5, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 350
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious, 1 unclassified
- Initial Penalties
- $80,000
- Penalties on Record
- $62,500
- Site Address
- P.o. Box 38, Colstrip, MT 59323
- Industry
- 221122 Electric Power Distribution
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.
Burn - electrical fault at busbar
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.269 Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution OSHA citation code: 19100269 A02 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $5,000 | $2,500 | Sep 15, 2000 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.269 Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution OSHA citation code: 19100269 B03 | Other | 1 | 4 | $5,000 | $0 | Aug 17, 2000 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 E01 | Unclassified | 1 | 3 | $70,000 | $60,000 | Aug 22, 2000 | - | - |
Apr 28, 2000#302895032Apr 28, 2000Accident (A) · Partial scope, Health#302895032$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #302895032
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 28, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 14, 2000
- Closed
- Jun 14, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Yes
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 350
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- P.o. Box 38, Colstrip, MT 59323
- Industry
- 221122 Electric Power Distribution
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.
Burn - electrical fault in electric bus
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
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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.
15 inspections, 2000 to 2014. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
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Standards cited
Chemical exposure sampling
Industry comparison
Utilities, 14,301 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.