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ABB INC

1250 BROWN RD, AUBURN HILLS, MI, 48326
Operated by ABB Ltd · 1 of 50 establishments
333912Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
8
over 41 years
Violations
43
$23,370 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Accident investigations on record
3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

ABB INC has accumulated 43 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 41 years of recorded history, with $23,370 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 90th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 493 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 13 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

ABB INC appears in OSHA workplace safety and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.2 / yr · last 41 yrs
Violations
43
1.0 / yr
Penalties
$23,370
$543 avg / violation
47% serious53% other
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 8
Inspection trigger · follow-up
3 of 8

63% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 28 citations in this view · $23,370 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 4081.33120132$3,675Jan 1996Oct 2000
29 CFR 4081.012532$1,800Sep 1994Sep 2012
29 CFR 4081.21760122$2,550Jan 1996Oct 2000
29 CFR 4081.121101 D22$1,360Oct 2000Jul 2001
29 CFR 4081.00340521$1,200Sep 1994Sep 1994
29 CFR 4081.00360122Oct 2000Sep 2012
29 CFR 4080.1011 A11$1,500Oct 2000Oct 2000
29 CFR 4081.00150111$1,500Sep 1994Sep 1994
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I11$1,125Oct 2000Oct 2000
29 CFR 1910.1200 H11$1,125Oct 2000Oct 2000
29 CFR 4081.00340711$1,125Oct 2000Oct 2000
29 CFR 4081.02200111$1,050Jan 1996Jan 1996
29 CFR 4081.277011$1,050Jan 1996Jan 1996
29 CFR 1910.0146 G0111$1,050Jan 1996Jan 1996
29 CFR 4081.4911 B11$900Sep 1994Sep 1994
29 CFR 4081.00340311$900Sep 1994Sep 1994
29 CFR 4081.18450111$900Sep 1994Sep 1994
29 CFR 4081.263501 B11$560Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 4081.18540111Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 4081.01870111Oct 2000Oct 2000

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

90th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3339 within MI. Peer group: 493 employers. This establishment has 43 OSHA violations; peer median is 7.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $800
Inspection frequency
95th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
0.2
vs industry
−0.5
TRIR
0.2
vs industry
−1.3

Reported for 494 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.7
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
5
Follow-up
3

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for ABB INC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
13 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 13+ years. Most recent activity: 13 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for ABB INC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for ABB INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for ABB INC. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for ABB INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for ABB INC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
ABB INC.
1250 BROWN ROAD · AUBURN HILLS, MI, 48326
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified00Apr 2019View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
3
Total payments
$47.5M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
FCPA

First case: 2010-09-29. Most recent: 2022-12-02. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal prosecution case file

Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 2 cases · 1 plea/conviction · $17,100,000 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. ABB, Ltd
ABB Ltd. · ABB
Dec 2022DPFCPAVirginia - EasternNo
USA v. ABB Inc
ABB, Inc.
Oct 2010pleaFCPAUSDOJ - Criminal Division - Fraud Section$17,100,000No

Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$342K
Obligated (all-time)
$709K
Awards
11
Top agency
Department of Defense
$368K
Company-wide — ABB INC. (across 47 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$28K
Obligated (all-time)
$140.5M
Awards (all-time)
700

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Defense$368K
Department of State$199K
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$143K

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 333613 - MECHANICAL POWER TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2025-05-14. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2012-09-04Planned41$560
2004-01-06Follow-up0$0
2001-10-26Follow-up0$0
2001-05-08Planned1$1,360
2001-04-24Follow-up0$0
2000-08-18Planned127$9,000
1996-01-03Planned145$5,250
1984-08-09Planned127$7,200

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

ABB INC is one of 50 establishments rolled up under the parent organization ABB Ltd.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of ABB Ltd across all 50 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in air and gas compressor manufacturing within MI, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by ABB Ltd, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

  • ABB INC.CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MS — 3 federal enforcement records
  • ABB INC.JEFFERSON CITY, MO — 3 federal enforcement records
  • ABBSAINT LOUIS, MO — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB, INCSAINT LOUIS, MO — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB, INC.SHARONVILLE, OH — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB INC.BLAND, VA — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB, INC.WICKLIFFE, OH — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB, INC.LEWISBURG, WV — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB INCEASTON, PA — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB INC.MUSCLE SHOALS, AL — 2 federal enforcement records

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ABB INC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup ABB Ltd, which operates 50 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is ABB INC's OSHA violation history?
ABB INC has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 43 violations and $23,370 in total penalties.
How does ABB INC's safety record compare to its industry?
ABB INC operates in the air and gas compressor manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5. ABB INC's self-reported DART rate is 0.2 compared to an industry average of 0.7.