Burkett's Pool Plastering, Inc. safety record at a glance
Burkett's Pool Plastering, Inc. has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 17, 2008 and May 18, 2023. 4 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $107,395 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $59,215. The largest single penalty, $23,240, came from an inspection opened Jan 3, 2017 in Berkeley. That places the employer at #1,122 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Modesto, Ripon, Berkeley, Livermore, Seaside.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2023 | Modesto | Referral | 4 citations | $16,215 | $7,030 | Oct 30, 2023 |
| Mar 29, 2018 | Ripon | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 22, 2018 |
| Jan 3, 2017 | Berkeley | Accident | 6 citations 2 serious | $29,990 | $23,240 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Jul 27, 2016 | Ripon | Accident | 1 citation | $14,400 | $3,000 | May 26, 2017 |
| Mar 7, 2016 | Livermore | Accident | 3 citations 3 serious | $22,950 | $14,175 | Sep 18, 2017 |
| May 11, 2015 | Seaside | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $23,840 | $11,770 | Mar 28, 2016 |
| Apr 17, 2008 | Modesto | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 17, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Burkett's Pool Plastering Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 3 serious, $17,175
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 4 citations, $2,540
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, 1 serious, $12,000
- 8 CCR 1528: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,435
- 8 CCR 1644, Metal scaffolds: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,100
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
Local pages: Modesto employment lawyer, Berkeley 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Burkett's Pool Plastering, Inc.
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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.