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ABB INC

1133 SOUTH CAVALIER DRIVE, ALAMO, TN, 38001
Operated by ABB Ltd · 1 of 50 establishments
335931Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing
EIN 363100018

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OSHA inspections
4
over 23 years
Violations
12
$4,150 in penalties
Penalties
$4,150
$346 avg
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

ABB INC has accumulated 12 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 23 years of recorded history, with $4,150 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 79th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 43 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 86th 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
4
0.2 / yr · last 23 yrs
Violations
12
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$4,150
$346 avg / violation
8% serious92% other
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 4

100% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 12 distinct standards shown · 12 citations in this view · $4,150 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$2,400May 2006May 2006
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I11$400Oct 2002Oct 2002
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IVA11$300Feb 2010Feb 2010
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IVD11$300Feb 2010Feb 2010
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0111$200Oct 2002Oct 2002
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0211$200Oct 2002Oct 2002
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$175Mar 2013Mar 2013
29 CFR 1910.0110 E04 III11$175Mar 2013Mar 2013
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111Oct 2002Oct 2002
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II11Oct 2002Oct 2002
29 CFR 9000.60911Oct 2002Oct 2002
29 CFR 9000.711Oct 2002Oct 2002

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

79th

Above average violations in NAICS 3359 within TN. Peer group: 43 employers. This establishment has 12 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
74th
peer median: $1,350
Inspection frequency
86th
peer median: 2

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
0.0
vs industry
−1.3
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−2.5

Reported for 465 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
2.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
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
4

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

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)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$169K
Awards
3
Top agency
Department of the Interior
$119K
Company-wide — ABB INC. (across 47 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$28K
Obligated (all-time)
$146.2M
Awards (all-time)
701

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

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of the Interior$119K
Department of Defense$50K
Largest awards
  • Department of the Interior
    ABB BUSING, GASKETS, AND SHUNTS
    contract · Last action 2008-06-30
    $118,788
  • Department of Defense
    BUSHING, ABB, TYPE O PLUS C, STYLE 196W0
    contract · Last action 2010-05-06
    $41,328
  • Department of Defense
    GASKET KIT - ABM986GASKETKIT
    contract · Last action 2010-07-24
    $8,895

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 333613 - MECHANICAL POWER TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2010-07-24. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2013-01-23Planned2$350
2009-12-18Planned2$600
2006-03-20Planned11$2,400
2002-08-22Planned7$800

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 current-carrying wiring device manufacturing within TN, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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

  • ABB INC.JEFFERSON CITY, MO — 3 federal enforcement records
  • ABB INC.CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MS — 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 INCEASTON, PA — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB, INC.LEWISBURG, WV — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB, INC.WICKLIFFE, OH — 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.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is ABB INC's OSHA violation history?
ABB INC has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 12 violations and $4,150 in total penalties.
How does ABB INC's safety record compare to its industry?
ABB INC operates in the current-carrying wiring device manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.5. ABB INC's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.3.