Absl Construction has 3 OSHA inspections on record in California, the first in 2002.
OSHA's last visit started on Sep 19, 2025 as part of a related case, in Martinez, and the case has not closed yet.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 6 citation items: 2 serious and 4 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $37,025 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,078. Absl Construction averages $36,875 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Inspection 125827626 OPENED AUG 8, 2011Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Jan 10, 2012
Main X Carlos (hwy 395 M.p. 21.9), Alturas, CA 96101 · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Aug 5, 2011: Employee is struck by heavy equipment, amputates both legs
On August 5, 2011, Employee #1, a laborer, was directing the movement of the pav ement grinder to grinding the road surface for resurfacing of a side street. Whi le walking in front of the grinder, the heavy equipment made a right sweeping tu rn. He did not realize how close he was to the track of the grinder as it turned . The grinder ran over both of his legs and amputated them. Employee #1 was tran sported to a medical center, where he was hospitalized for extensive treatment a nd care.
No citations from this inspection.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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