Bernards Bros Inc safety record at a glance
Bernards Bros Inc has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 4, 2003 and Jul 17, 2025. 5 of them were planned inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 10 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $67,030 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $51,055. The largest single penalty, $20,250, came from an inspection opened Apr 8, 2025 in Cathedral City. That places the employer at #1,429 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Oakland, Cathedral City, Los Angeles, Madera, Culver City, Riverside, Atascadero, Moorpark.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2025 | Oakland | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $8,930 | $8,930 | open |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Cathedral City | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $20,250 | $20,250 | open |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Los Angeles | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | 0 | Nov 25, 2025 |
| Nov 21, 2023 | Madera | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 21, 2023 |
| Jun 28, 2019 | Culver City | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 7, 2019 |
| Jul 26, 2016 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 1 citation | $35,000 | $20,000 | Sep 14, 2018 |
| Mar 30, 2015 | Riverside | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 29, 2015 |
| Jul 15, 2013 | Los Angeles | Accident | 3 citations | $1,875 | $1,875 | Nov 9, 2013 |
| Oct 5, 2011 | Atascadero | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 30, 2013 |
| Sep 1, 2005 | Los Angeles | Programmed related | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 26, 2005 |
| Jul 20, 2005 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 27, 2005 |
| Mar 17, 2004 | Moorpark | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | 0 | Jun 28, 2006 |
| Oct 27, 2003 | Burbank | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 23, 2004 |
| Sep 4, 2003 | Burbank | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 20, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Bernards Bros.; Bernards Bros, Inc.; Bernards Bros. Inc.; Bernards Bros Inc. dba Bernards Builders.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1644, Metal scaffolds: 3 citations, 1 serious, $8,810
- 8 CCR 1730: 1 citation, 1 serious, $20,250
- 8 CCR 1630: 1 citation, $20,000
- 8 CCR 1712: 1 citation, $810
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $810
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 1922: 1 citation
Local pages: Oakland employment lawyer, Los Angeles 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 Bernards Bros 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.