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ALABAMA POWER COMPANY

4250 PORTER ROAD SW, QUINTON, AL, 35130
Operated by Southern Company · 1 of 294 establishments
221122Electric Power Distribution
EIN 630004250

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OSHA inspections
4
over 12 years
Violations
8
$29,515 in penalties
Penalties
$29,515
$3,689 avg
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY has accumulated 8 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 12 years of recorded history, with $29,515 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 45 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 years ago.

Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.3 / yr · last 12 yrs
Violations
8
0.7 / yr
Penalties
$29,515
$3,689 avg / violation
88% serious12% other
Inspection trigger · referral
3 of 4

75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 7 distinct standards shown · 8 citations in this view · $29,515 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0132 A22$10,658Aug 2015Jun 2019
29 CFR 1910.0119 F0111$7,000Aug 2015Aug 2015
5A000111$6,908Jun 2019Jun 2019
29 CFR 1910.0303 C03 I11$2,700Aug 2014Aug 2014
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$2,250Aug 2014Aug 2014
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111Jun 2019Jun 2019
29 CFR 1910.0119 L0511Aug 2015Aug 2015

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 2211 within AL. Peer group: 45 employers. This establishment has 8 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
98th
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
0.0
vs industry
−1.2
TRIR
3.6
vs industry
+1.5

Reported for 28 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
2.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.6
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

Referral
3

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

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Mar 2015 – Jan 2019

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Contact with hot objects or substances

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Jan 16, 2019Contact with hot objects or substancesNonclassifiableHospitalized
Mar 10, 2015Inhalation of harmful substance-single episodeBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Jan 16, 2019Burn,Coal,Leg,Splashed,Steam11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 7+ years. Most recent activity: 7 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$1,463
Employees affected
1

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 2 violations · $1,463 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Sep 2016121$1,463

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 2 violations · $1,463 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Mar 2016 – Sep 2016Electric Power Generation, Transmission and DistributionFMLA21$1,463

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

Company-level in AL — for Southern Company, not this location alone

Violations
1
Assessed penalties
$60

Mine Safety & Health Administration — citations issued at mining operations. MSHA records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other Southern Company operations in the same state.

MSHA citations

Mine Safety and Health Administration citations. S&S (significant and substantial) marks violations that could reasonably contribute to a serious injury. Negligence rating is MSHA’s operator-culpability assessment (none, low, moderate, high, or reckless disregard). Proposed = assessed at issuance; Paid = post-settlement / appeal. 1 citation · 1 contractor · $60 proposed / $60 paid.

CitationMineDateSectionS&SNegligenceProposedPaid
6087991
LANDMARK PLANT
Shelby, AL
contractor: Alabama Power Company
Sep 2005NoModNegligence$60$60

Source: MSHA citation database. “Contractor” annotations indicate the cited party was on-site at the mine but not the mine’s operator -- responsibility attaches to the contractor LLC, not the mine’s owner. Section codes reference 30 CFR (the Mine Safety and Health regulations).

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in AL — for Southern Company, not this location alone

Total cases
14
Unfair labor practice
14

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other Southern Company locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 14 cases · 14 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
15-CA-245736Unfair labor practiceJul 2019Oct 2019ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
10-CA-037120Unfair labor practiceNov 2007Aug 2008ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-036932Unfair labor practiceJul 2007Sep 2007ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-036858Unfair labor practiceJun 2007Jul 2007ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-036842Unfair labor practiceMay 2007Feb 2009ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-036687Unfair labor practiceFeb 2007Apr 2007ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-036653Unfair labor practiceFeb 2007Jan 2010ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-035353Unfair labor practiceDec 2004Feb 2009ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-034856Unfair labor practiceFeb 2004Oct 2005ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-034497Unfair labor practiceJul 2003Jun 2006ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-033916Unfair labor practiceAug 2002Feb 2003ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-033238Unfair labor practiceAug 2001Aug 2004ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-032862Unfair labor practiceJan 2001Sep 2008ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-032026Unfair labor practiceOct 1999Jan 2002ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

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 ALABAMA POWER COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for ALABAMA POWER COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for ALABAMA POWER COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — SOUTHERN CO SERVICES INC (across 28 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$255.3M
Obligated (all-time)
$1.7B
Awards (all-time)
1,042

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

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2019-01-24Referral33$13,815
2016-04-04Referral0$0
2015-03-13Referral32$10,750
2014-05-22Unprogrammed Related22$4,950

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY is one of 294 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Southern Company.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Southern Company across all 294 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ALABAMA POWER COMPANY 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 Southern Company, which operates 294 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 ALABAMA POWER COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 8 violations and $29,515.1 in total penalties.
How does ALABAMA POWER COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY operates in the electric power distribution industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.1. ALABAMA POWER COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.2.