Ames Construction, Inc. safety record at a glance
Ames Construction, Inc. has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 11, 2013 and Aug 27, 2024. 4 of them were planned inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $17,315 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,980. The largest single penalty, $3,745, came from an inspection opened Feb 26, 2014 in Riverside. That places the employer at #21,611 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. Worksites in Desert Center, West Covina, Oroville, Duarte, Victorville, Menifee, Riverside, Long Beach.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2024 | Desert Center | Fatality or catastrophe | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 11, 2024 |
| Jul 16, 2020 | West Covina | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 16, 2020 |
| Jan 23, 2020 | Oroville | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 28, 2020 |
| Jun 11, 2019 | Duarte | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 17, 2019 |
| Feb 28, 2018 | Duarte | Programmed related | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Jun 28, 2018 |
| Jan 24, 2018 | Victorville | Complaint | 1 citation | $635 | $150 | Aug 24, 2018 |
| Jul 27, 2016 | Duarte | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Sep 26, 2016 |
| Aug 31, 2015 | Duarte | Planned | 4 citations | $1,000 | $500 | Mar 14, 2016 |
| Aug 27, 2015 | Menifee | Accident | 2 citations | $7,500 | $900 | Apr 26, 2016 |
| Nov 6, 2014 | Duarte | Programmed related | 1 citation | $200 | $200 | Dec 28, 2015 |
| Feb 26, 2014 | Riverside | Complaint | 4 citations | $7,495 | $3,745 | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Jan 30, 2014 | Long Beach | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 1, 2014 |
| Mar 11, 2013 | Grand Terrace | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 11, 2013 |
Also recorded as: Ames Construction; Ames Construction Inc.; Ames Construction Inc; Ames Construction, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $335
- 8 CCR 2946: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 341.4: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 2360.3: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, $250
- 8 CCR 7014: 1 citation, $250
Local pages: West Covina employment lawyer.
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Ames Construction, Inc.
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 1, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.