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AT&T
OSHA: 39 insp.Injuries: no recordLabor: 9 casesImmigration: no recordContracts: $1.3B
The federal record for AT&T, Sacramento, California, consists of 39 OSHA inspections, 9 concluded Wage and Hour Division cases and a federal contract recipient profile; the employer is classified under Telecommunications.
OSHA opened 39 inspections at AT&T sites in California since 2016, issuing 23 citations, 2 of them classified serious, willful or repeat. Current penalties total $40,440 (initially $77,135), $1,037 per inspection, below the national figure of $3,754. 8 inspections have at least one contested citation.
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 9 compliance actions involving AT&T, recording no back wages, under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
USAspending lists AT&T Inc as a parent recipient of $1.3B in federal contract obligations over the latest twelve months.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 517 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $1,037 | $2,405 | $3,729 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 21% | — | 27% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 28% | — | 59% | 56% |
Inspections with no citations count as "issued" with zero citations. Industry and state figures cover every inspection in the enforcement data since 2016, including employers without a page.
Citations by standard
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 3276(E)(9) | — | 2 |
| 3203(A)(4) | — | 2 |
| 4300.29 | — | 2 |
| 342(A) | — | 2 |
| 3276(E)(15)(A) | — | 1 |
| 3210(B) | — | 1 |
| 3556(B) | — | 1 |
| 3276(E) | — | 1 |
| 3203(B)(1) | — | 1 |
| 5162(C) | — | 1 |
| 8608(J) | — | 1 |
| 3203(A)(8) | — | 1 |
Standard numbers as the record labels them (29 CFR section; 5(a)(1) is the General Duty Clause). State-plan agencies such as Cal/OSHA cite their own codes, which appear here as recorded. Counted from the first twelve citations of each inspection.
Inspections
| Opened | Type | Scope | Citations | Current penalty | Status | Cited standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2026 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 24 Nov 2025 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 2 | $1,800 | Final order | 3276(E)(9), 3276(E)(15)(A) |
| 3 Oct 2025 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 3 | $2,100 | Contested | 3203(A)(4), 3210(B), 3556(B) |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 1 | $800 | Final order | 3276(E) |
| 30 Aug 2024 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 2 | $795 | Final order | 3203(B)(1), 5162(C) |
| 11 Mar 2024 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 8 Jan 2024 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 1 | $450 | Contested, final order | 8608(J) |
| 9 May 2023 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 13 Apr 2023 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 6 Sep 2022 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 26 Jul 2021 | Fatality/catastrophe · Health | Partial | 1 | $375 | Final order | 4300.29(b)(3) |
| 8 Jun 2021 | Accident · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 3 May 2021 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 3 | $3,250 | Contested, final order | 342(A), 3203(A)(8), 4300.29(a) |
| 21 Apr 2021 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 22 Feb 2021 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 2 (1 S/W/R) | $18,800 | Contested, final order | 3203(A)(4), 8602(H) (Serious) |
| 28 Oct 2020 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 30 Jun 2020 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 28 May 2020 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 21 May 2020 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 21 Apr 2020 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 10 Oct 2019 | Accident · Health | Partial | 2 | $8,800 | Contested, final order | 342(A), 4002(A) |
| 1 Jul 2019 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 8 Aug 2018 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 6 Jun 2018 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed |
Most recent 25 of 39 inspections. Status is per inspection: "Contested" when any citation has a contest date and "Final order" when every citation has a final order date; "Issued" otherwise. Violation types: S serious, W willful, R repeat. Each date links to the inspection detail on osha.gov.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
No Form 300A summary for this employer in California is in the Injury Tracking Application data for 2023, 2024, 2025. Only establishments in covered industries with 20 or more employees (100 or more in some industries) must submit.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Back wages by year of case conclusion
Compared with state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 517 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $0 | $15K | $15K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 0.0 | — | 10.8 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | — | — | $1,389 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 1 | $0 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr 2024 – 28 May 2024 | 1 | $0 | 0 | — | Family and Medical Leave Act | Concluded |
| 29 Nov 2016 – 28 Nov 2018 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 2 Dec 2012 – 1 Dec 2014 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 11 Oct 2012 – 10 Oct 2014 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 1 Nov 2011 – 31 Oct 2013 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 13 Jan 2009 – 12 Jan 2011 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 26 Jun 2008 – 25 Jun 2010 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 27 Feb 2007 – 26 Feb 2009 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 10 Oct 2007 – 10 Oct 2008 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1993908, 1868371, 1745540, 1740605, 1709556, ….
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
No labor condition application from this employer in California appears in OFLC disclosure data for fiscal years 2025–2026.
No PERM application from this employer appears in the fiscal years covered.
Contracts USAspending.gov
USAspending recipient totals are federal contract obligations reported by awarding agencies for the latest twelve months; a recipient profile is a company-level record, not a per-state one. Retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
USAspending lists AT&T Inc among the 3,903 largest federal contract recipients. The full award list is on the recipient profile.
Contract obligations by fiscal year
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Obligations, FY2021–2026 | Share of the agencies shown |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1.1B | 36% |
| Department of Defense | $535M | 17% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $506M | 17% |
| Department of Justice | $440M | 14% |
| Department of the Treasury | $245M | 8% |
| Department of Transportation | $229M | 7% |
The USAspending name is matched to this employer by normalised company name across all states; the total covers the whole company.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected AT&T?
Yes. OSHA records 39 inspections at AT&T sites in California since 2016, most recently opened 25 Jun 2026.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
23 citations with current penalties totalling $40,440. 11 inspections have a final order on every citation, 8 have a contested citation and 27 are recorded as issued. Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from AT&T?
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 9 cases involving the employer and recorded no back wages.
Does AT&T sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
No labor condition application from AT&T in California appears in OFLC disclosure data for fiscal years 2025–2026. LCAs are filed by the employer's headquarters state, so a subsidiary or another state's entity may hold the filings.
Does AT&T sponsor green cards (PERM)?
No PERM application from the employer appears in the fiscal years covered.
Does AT&T hold federal contracts?
USAspending lists it among the largest contract recipients, with $1.3B obligated over the latest twelve months (recipient level: parent); the largest awarding agency is the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Have there been union elections at AT&T?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
Records are matched by normalised name and state. Subsidiaries, franchisees and other states' entities have their own records. See the methodology for how matching works.
Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 14 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 1 Oct 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 1 Oct 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.