diff --git a/gantry/collection.py b/gantry/collection.py
index 9aa8121..298b3b0 100644
--- a/gantry/collection.py
+++ b/gantry/collection.py
@@ -36,13 +36,17 @@ async def fetch_build(payload: dict, db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
 
     # perform checks to see if we should collect data for this job
     if (
-        build.status not in ("success",)
+        build.status not in ("success", "failed")
         or not build.valid_name  # is not a build job
         or await build.in_db(db)  # job already in the database
         or await build.is_ghost(db, gitlab)
     ):
         return
 
+    # only collect data for jobs that failed due to resource contention
+    if build.status == "failed" and not await build.is_oom(prometheus):
+        return
+
     try:
         await build.get_annotations(prometheus)
         await build.get_resources(prometheus)
diff --git a/gantry/models/build.py b/gantry/models/build.py
index 4289bb8..97a58d4 100644
--- a/gantry/models/build.py
+++ b/gantry/models/build.py
@@ -73,6 +73,28 @@ async def is_ghost(self, db: aiosqlite.Connection, gl: GitlabClient) -> bool:
 
         return ghost
 
+    async def is_oom(self, prometheus: PrometheusClient) -> bool:
+        """Checks if a failed job was OOM killed."""
+        oom_status = prometheus.query(
+            type="range",
+            query={
+                "metric": "kube_pod_container_status_last_terminated_reason",
+                "filters": {
+                    "container": "build",
+                    "pod": self.pod,
+                    "reason": "OOMKilled",
+                },
+            },
+            start=self.start,
+            end=self.end + (10 * 60),  # give a 10 minute buffer
+        )
+
+        if not oom_status:
+            return False
+
+        # TODO retry job here
+        return True
+
     async def in_db(self, db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> bool:
         """Checks if the job is already in the db."""