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WASTE MANAGEMENT

80 CHAMBERS STREET, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, 80907
Operated by WASTE MANAGEMENT INC · 1 of 1,214 establishments
562111Solid Waste Collection

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OSHA inspections
5
over 27 years
Violations
0
Penalties
$0
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

WASTE MANAGEMENT has accumulated 0 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 27 years of recorded history.

The most recent federal enforcement activity was recorded 11 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

WASTE MANAGEMENT appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
5
0.2 / yr · last 27 yrs
Violations
0
0.0 / yr
Penalties
$0
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 5
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 5

Peer comparison

0th

Fewer violations than most other employers in NAICS 5621 within CO. Peer group: 54 employers. This establishment has 0 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
0th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
96th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
0.0
vs industry
−4.0
TRIR
4.8
vs industry
−0.2

Reported for 20 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
5.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
4.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
4
Complaint
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Dec 2018

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Dec 7, 2018Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecifiedBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
11 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 11+ years. Most recent activity: 11 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$2,054
Employees affected
12

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 12 violations · $2,054 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Service Contract Act (federal services)Dec 200511212$2,054

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · $2,054 in backwages · 12 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Apr 2004 – Dec 2005Solid Waste Collection12$2,054

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for WASTE MANAGEMENT. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in CO — for WASTE MANAGEMENT INC, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other WASTE MANAGEMENT INC locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
27-CA-113396Unfair labor practiceSep 2013Nov 2013ClosedRegion 27, Denver, Colorado

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for WASTE MANAGEMENT. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for WASTE MANAGEMENT. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$5.5M
Disposition
NP
Crime type
Immigration

First case: 2018-08-29. Most recent: 2018-08-29. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. (across 297 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$12.0M
Obligated (all-time)
$190.5M
Awards (all-time)
3,087

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2015-05-08Planned0$0
2003-09-11Complaint0$0
1999-06-02Planned0$0
1999-06-02Planned0$0
1998-07-29Planned0$0

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

WASTE MANAGEMENT is one of 1,214 establishments rolled up under the parent organization WASTE MANAGEMENT INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of WASTE MANAGEMENT INC across all 1,214 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in solid waste collection within CO, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on WASTE MANAGEMENT from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup WASTE MANAGEMENT INC, which operates 1,214 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is WASTE MANAGEMENT's OSHA violation history?
WASTE MANAGEMENT has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 0 violations and $0 in total penalties.
How does WASTE MANAGEMENT's safety record compare to its industry?
WASTE MANAGEMENT operates in the solid waste collection industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 5. WASTE MANAGEMENT's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 4.