Axner Excavating Inc safety record at a glance
Axner Excavating Inc has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 26, 2000 and Jan 16, 2025. 5 of them were planned inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 9 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $8,070 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,600. The largest single penalty, $3,600, came from an inspection opened Jul 26, 2000 in Anderson. That places the employer at #22,879 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Redding, Anderson.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2025 | Redding | Referral | 1 citation | $135 | $135 | Jan 31, 2025 |
| Feb 22, 2023 | Anderson | Referral | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | May 16, 2023 |
| Mar 19, 2020 | Redding | Referral | 1 citation | $305 | $305 | Mar 26, 2020 |
| Mar 2, 2016 | Redding | Planned | 2 citations | $510 | $375 | Jul 25, 2016 |
| Jun 27, 2008 | Redding | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Aug 30, 2006 | Anderson | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 24, 2006 |
| Jun 23, 2006 | Redding | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 5, 2006 |
| Jul 29, 2004 | Redding | Complaint | 1 citation | $810 | $275 | Jul 31, 2005 |
| Mar 15, 2004 | Redding | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 1, 2004 |
| Oct 30, 2002 | Redding | Planned | 1 citation | $350 | $350 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Jul 26, 2000 | Anderson | Planned | 2 citations 2 serious | $5,400 | $3,600 | May 23, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Axner Excavating, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1596: 2 citations, 1 serious, $1,935
- 8 CCR 1597: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 3427: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 1 citation, $350
- 8 CCR 1593: 1 citation, $305
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 1 citation, $275
- 8 CCR 1734: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 1527: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Axner Excavating Inc
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.