American Underground Construction safety record at a glance
American Underground Construction has been the subject of 22 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 13, 2000 and Aug 13, 2003. 22 of them were planned inspections. 1 of them produced citations, 2 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $23,400 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $1,350. The largest single penalty, $1,350, came from an inspection opened Mar 20, 2001 in Carson. That places the employer at #46,669 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in West Hollywood, Rancho Palos Verdes, Carson, Wilmington, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Ventura, Huntington Beach.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2003 | West Hollywood | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 25, 2003 |
| Jun 18, 2003 | West Hollywood | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 18, 2003 |
| Jan 9, 2002 | Rancho Palos Verdes | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jan 30, 2002 |
| Oct 22, 2001 | Rancho Palos Verdes | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 25, 2001 |
| Apr 19, 2001 | Carson | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | May 1, 2001 |
| Apr 3, 2001 | Wilmington | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Apr 9, 2001 |
| Mar 20, 2001 | Carson | Planned | 2 citations 2 serious | $23,400 | $1,350 | Jan 28, 2008 |
| Mar 13, 2001 | Carson | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Apr 9, 2001 |
| Dec 4, 2000 | Long Beach | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Dec 6, 2000 |
| Sep 1, 2000 | Long Beach | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 13, 2000 |
| Aug 29, 2000 | Long Beach | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 30, 2000 |
| Aug 7, 2000 | Carson | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 7, 2000 |
| Jul 11, 2000 | Los Angeles | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 14, 2000 |
| Jul 11, 2000 | Long Beach | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 17, 2000 |
| Jun 21, 2000 | Ventura | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Jun 14, 2000 | Long Beach | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 5, 2000 |
| May 17, 2000 | Long Beach | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | May 22, 2000 |
| Apr 13, 2000 | Huntington Beach | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 12, 2000 |
| Apr 12, 2000 | Long Beach | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 5, 2000 |
| Apr 4, 2000 | Long Beach | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Apr 13, 2000 |
| Jan 19, 2000 | Downey | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 26, 2000 |
| Jan 13, 2000 | Downey | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jan 19, 2000 |
Also recorded as: American Underground Construction Dba/Us Tunneling; American Underground Construction CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 8497: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,350
- 8 CCR 5031: 1 citation, 1 serious
Local pages: Carson 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 Construction
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.