Browning Contractors, Inc safety record at a glance
Browning Contractors, Inc has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 16, 2003 and Jan 22, 2026. 8 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $56,725 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $35,595. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Apr 26, 2021 in Fresno. That places the employer at #2,691 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Merced, Madera, Visalia, Fresno, Goshen, Clovis, Oakhurst.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | Merced | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Madera | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 10, 2025 |
| Jul 15, 2024 | Visalia | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 9, 2025 |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Fresno | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 22, 2024 |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Goshen | Complaint | 2 citations 2 serious | $10,800 | $10,800 | open |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 14, 2023 |
| Apr 26, 2021 | Fresno | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Jan 29, 2020 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 27, 2021 |
| Mar 14, 2019 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 28, 2025 |
| Sep 26, 2011 | Clovis | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2011 |
| Mar 3, 2009 | Oakhurst | Accident | 2 citations | $18,825 | $1,650 | Aug 20, 2011 |
| Aug 6, 2007 | Clovis | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 6, 2007 |
| Aug 4, 2006 | Fresno | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 2, 2006 |
| Sep 16, 2003 | Clovis | Planned | 3 citations 2 serious | $9,100 | $5,145 | Jul 13, 2005 |
Also recorded as: Browning Contractors Inc; Browning Contractors, Inc.; Browning Contractors Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 3 citations, 3 serious, $27,785
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 2 citations, 2 serious, $5,835
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $825
- 8 CCR 5416: 1 citation, $825
- 8 CCR 1527: 1 citation, $325
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Visalia 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 Browning Contractors, 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.