Able Building Maintenance safety record at a glance
Able Building Maintenance has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 30, 2001 and Aug 12, 2011. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $34,500 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $12,840. The largest single penalty, $3,550, came from an inspection opened May 1, 2003 in Newark. That places the employer at #12,126 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in San Ramon, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, Redwood City, Moraga, Newark.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2011 | San Ramon | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $8,435 | $3,375 | Jan 25, 2013 |
| Aug 31, 2010 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 1 citation | $240 | $240 | Dec 25, 2010 |
| Aug 20, 2009 | San Diego | Accident | 3 citations | $1,075 | $1,075 | Sep 15, 2010 |
| Jun 4, 2007 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 20, 2007 |
| Dec 7, 2005 | Oakland | Planned | 3 citations | $450 | $450 | Sep 5, 2008 |
| Jul 25, 2005 | Redwood City | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $19,400 | $2,800 | Dec 31, 2006 |
| Jul 15, 2003 | Moraga | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 3, 2003 |
| May 1, 2003 | Newark | Complaint | 8 citations | $3,550 | $3,550 | Jun 22, 2006 |
| Oct 30, 2001 | Oxnard | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $1,350 | $1,350 | Apr 23, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Able Building Maintenance, Inc.; Able Building Maintenance CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $1,455
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 3 citations, $1,130
- 8 CCR 4353: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 1646: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,350
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $1,000
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 2500.9: 1 citation, $420
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Los Angeles employment lawyer, San Diego employment lawyer.
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Able Building Maintenance
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 1, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.