Comply walked us through a $257,000 citation in eight days. We settled at $43,000 and kept the project moving. That’s not paperwork — that’s fieldwork.
Marcus Delgado
Sr. Project Manager
Ironstone General Contractors
They knew the code
before the
inspector did.
Compliance is a field
discipline, not a form.
Every engagement starts with a site visit, not a questionnaire. We read the 1926 standard. We’ve worked the trades it governs. The paperwork comes after the fieldwork.
Citation Response
Active OSHA citation? We build your contest strategy and abatement documentation within 48 hours of engagement.
Pre-Inspection Audit
Walk every active site before the inspector does. Written findings, priority ranking, corrective action plan.
Insurance Audit Prep
EMR-impacting audits require documented safety programs. We build the paper trail that adjusts your modifier.
Permit Hold Resolution
Permit holds tied to safety violations require coordinated response across the AHJ, GC, and insurance carrier.
The people who've
read every page
Compliance isn’t paperwork. It’s people who’ve stood on the scaffold, worked the trench, and pulled wire — and then read the 29 CFR 1926 standard cover to cover.
$1M+
In citations reversed, fall protection cases alone
Renata Okafor
Fall Protection & Scaffolding
14 years on the tools · 29 CFR 1926 Subpart M & L
I spent four years as a scaffold erector on high-rise steel before I ever opened an OSHA manual. The first time I watched an inspector walk a job, I realized I already knew every violation he was writing — I'd just been living with them because nobody told us there was another way. Fall protection is the single most-cited construction standard every year without exception. When I sit down with a GC, I'm not reading them the regulation. I'm telling them exactly which anchor point on their third-floor deck will get them a willful citation and which supervisor's sign-off is missing from the daily inspection log. The paperwork is just the record of what you already know how to do.
“Fall protection is the #1 cited OSHA violation in construction — every single year. A single unguarded leading edge on the third floor is a $16,550 citation. Six of them on the same inspection is a willful at $165,514.”
23
Serious electrical citations successfully contested in 2024
Dale Hutchinson
Electrical Compliance
11 years journeyman electrician · 29 CFR 1926 Subpart K
Electrical citations are the ones that catch subs off-guard because the violation isn't always visible — it's in the lockout/tagout procedure that was never written down, or the GFCI protection that got skipped on a Friday afternoon pour. I've walked sites where the foreman had done everything right by instinct and still received a serious citation because the documentation didn't exist. My job is to bridge that gap before the inspection. I build the paper trail that proves what your crew already knows. Three months before an audit is the right time to call. Three days after a citation is the second-best time.
“Repeat violations within five years escalate to a completely different penalty tier. If your company received a trench citation in 2021, your 2024 inspection is not starting from zero.”
$268K
Average trench/excavation citation we help clients avoid
Priya Nambiar
Excavation & Environmental Permitting
Former OSHA compliance officer · 29 CFR 1926 Subpart P
I spent six years on the other side of the clipboard as a compliance officer before I moved to consulting. Trench cave-ins are the citation category that keeps me up at night — not because they're hard to prevent, but because they're entirely preventable and contractors still take the shortcut. In February 2024, a single trench job resulted in $257,000 in fines for Hurtado Construction. I've seen that number become $306,000 for Brothers Construction Services. Soil classification isn't a guess. Sloping angles aren't optional. When I walk a site, I'm looking at what the inspector will look at — and I'm looking at it first.
Get eyes on
your site
before OSHA does.
A 60-minute site review surfaces the citations most likely to land on your specific trade, site type, and inspection history. We tell you what we find — no retainer, no obligation.
Know the numbers
before your foreman does.
Serious Violation
Per violation, 2025 rate
Other-Than-Serious
Per violation
Willful / Repeat
Per violation, maximum
Failure to Abate
Per day past deadline
Posting Violation
Per violation
2025 OSHA Construction
Fine Schedule
Every penalty tier, every violation category, every adjustment factor — formatted for the job-site trailer, not the legal department.
- All 2025 penalty amounts by category
- Repeat violation escalation triggers
- Good-faith adjustment checklist
- Top 10 most-cited construction standards