ABSHER CONSTRUCTION CO
868 WHEELER ST S, TACOMA, WA 98409
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
May 20, 1999#302228085May 20, 1999Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#302228085$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #302228085
Dates
- Opened
- May 20, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- May 20, 1999
- Closed
- May 20, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 8
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5801 N 35th St, Tacoma, WA 98407
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Dec 3, 1997#115175168Dec 3, 1997Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#115175168$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #115175168
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 3, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 10, 1997
- Closed
- Dec 10, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 7
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Lincoln High School/701 S 37th, Tacoma, WA 98408
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Jul 22, 1997#115293094Jul 22, 1997Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#115293094$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #115293094
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 22, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 23, 1997
- Closed
- Oct 17, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 6
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 827 N Tacoma Ave, Tacoma, WA 98407
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Apr 21, 1997#115299034Apr 21, 1997Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#115299034$2552 viol.2 violations$255 in penalties
Inspection #115299034
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 21, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- May 7, 1997
- Closed
- Aug 26, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 19
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $255
- Penalties on Record
- $255
- Site Address
- 701 S 37th, Tacoma, WA 98409
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1550010001 OSHA citation code: 1550010001 A | Serious | 3 | 4 | $255 | $255 | May 7, 1997 | - | - |
| 01001B | 0620541501 | Serious | 3 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jul 6, 1997 | - | - |
Apr 21, 1997#115261760Apr 21, 1997Referral (C) · Complete scope, Safety#115261760$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #115261760
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 21, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 21, 1997
- Closed
- Apr 21, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 19
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 701 S 37th, Tacoma, WA 98409
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Oct 31, 1995#115421844Oct 31, 1995Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#115421844$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #115421844
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 31, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 24, 1996
- Closed
- Apr 24, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 20
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1950 S State St, Tacoma, WA 98408
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Sep 6, 1995#115420127Sep 6, 1995Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#115420127$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #115420127
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 6, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 19, 1995
- Closed
- Oct 19, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 7
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1501 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
May 4, 1994#111435533May 4, 1994Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#111435533$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111435533
Dates
- Opened
- May 4, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- May 10, 1994
- Closed
- May 10, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 9
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 868 Wheeler St S, Tacoma, WA 98409
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Feb 12, 1990#111602165Feb 12, 1990Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#111602165$1,0404 viol.4 violations$1,040 in penalties
Inspection #111602165
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 12, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 12, 1990
- Closed
- Jun 6, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 4
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 repeat, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,040
- Penalties on Record
- $1,040
- Site Address
- University Of Puget Sound - Todd Hall, Tacoma, WA 98416
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1550048501 OSHA citation code: 1550048501 M | Serious | 1 | 1 | $240 | $240 | Feb 12, 1990 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1550048501 OSHA citation code: 1550048501 E | Repeat | 1 | 1 | $800 | $800 | Feb 12, 1990 | - | - |
| 03001 | 1550048501 OSHA citation code: 1550048501 L | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 26, 1990 | - | - |
| 03002 | 1550002010 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 26, 1990 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
19 inspections, 1990 to 2026. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: nonresidential building construction reported 1.9 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 6.8%; NAICS 2362 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source