IOWA MECHANICAL INC
3516 5TH AVE, DES MOINES, IA 50313
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Jun 15, 1994#115069338Jun 15, 1994Unprogrammed Related (G) · No Inspection scope, Safety#115069338$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #115069338
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 15, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 22, 1994
- Closed
- Jun 22, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 6511 Chaffee Road, Des Moines, IA 50315
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
May 7, 1986#101928695May 7, 1986Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#101928695$1402 viol.2 violations$140 in penalties
Inspection #101928695
Dates
- Opened
- May 7, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- May 7, 1986
- Closed
- Jun 10, 1986
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 4
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $400
- Penalties on Record
- $140
- Site Address
- 2315 University Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50311
- 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 | 1926.152 Flammable Liquids OSHA citation code: 19260152 A01 | Other | 1 | 1 | $120 | $0 | May 19, 1986 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1926.652 Excavations - Protection of Employees OSHA citation code: 19260652 B | Serious | 1 | 1 | $280 | $140 | May 19, 1986 | - | - |
Jun 21, 1985#14762108Jun 21, 1985Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#14762108$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #14762108
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 21, 1985
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 21, 1985
- Closed
- Jun 21, 1985
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 3
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 7th & Locust, Des Moines, IA 50319
- 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.
Mar 19, 1985#2652519Mar 19, 1985Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#2652519$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #2652519
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 19, 1985
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 19, 1985
- Closed
- Mar 19, 1985
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 4
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2922 Beaver Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310
- 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.
Nov 16, 1984#2644607Nov 16, 1984FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, SafetyFatality#2644607$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #2644607
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 16, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 20, 1984
- Closed
- Nov 27, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 4
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Holy Trinity School 2922 Beaver Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310
- 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.
Crushed by falling cement block wall
Jun 6, 1984#14765564Jun 6, 1984Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#14765564$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #14765564
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 6, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 6, 1984
- Closed
- Jun 7, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3516 5th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50313
- 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.
Jul 21, 1983#17190356Jul 21, 1983Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#17190356$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #17190356
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 21, 1983
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 21, 1983
- Closed
- Jul 21, 1983
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 3
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Tenth & Pleasant, Des Moines, IA 50309
- 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.
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.
7 inspections, 1983 to 1994. 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.