American Underground safety record at a glance
American Underground has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 13, 2000 and Oct 7, 2003. 9 of them were planned inspections. 1 of them produced citations, 1 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $200 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $200. The largest single penalty, $200, came from an inspection opened Jul 27, 2001 in Huntington Beach. That places the employer at #79,110 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in West Hollywood, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Chula Vista, Rancho Cucamonga.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2003 | West Hollywood | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 14, 2003 |
| Sep 9, 2003 | West Hollywood | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 15, 2003 |
| Aug 21, 2003 | West Hollywood | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 21, 2003 |
| Apr 24, 2002 | Garden Grove | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | May 9, 2002 |
| Apr 3, 2002 | Garden Grove | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Apr 30, 2002 |
| Mar 28, 2002 | Garden Grove | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 28, 2002 |
| Feb 13, 2002 | Garden Grove | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 19, 2002 |
| Jul 27, 2001 | Huntington Beach | Accident | 1 citation | $200 | $200 | Jun 6, 2005 |
| Jan 19, 2001 | Chula Vista | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jan 26, 2001 |
| Nov 13, 2000 | Rancho Cucamonga | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Nov 19, 2000 |
Also recorded as: American Underground Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $200
Local pages: Garden Grove employment lawyer, Huntington Beach 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 American Underground
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.