Butte Steel & Fabrication, Inc. safety record at a glance
Butte Steel & Fabrication, Inc. has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 5, 2000 and Sep 26, 2012. 3 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 16 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $34,525 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $22,460. The largest single penalty, $11,295, came from an inspection opened Feb 2, 2009 in Folsom. That places the employer at #5,607 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in San Jose, Cupertino, Folsom, Palmdale, Chico, Tracy, Corte Madera, Oroville.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2012 | San Jose | Accident | 6 citations | $4,115 | Feb 7, 2017 |
| May 11, 2010 | Cupertino | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $410 $820 proposed | Mar 10, 2012 |
| Feb 2, 2009 | Folsom | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $11,295 $22,950 proposed | open |
| May 15, 2006 | Palmdale | Accident | 3 citations | $5,410 | Dec 12, 2006 |
| Aug 19, 2005 | Chico | Planned | 2 citations | $1,120 | Apr 23, 2007 |
| May 2, 2002 | Tracy | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 9, 2002 |
| Apr 10, 2001 | Corte Madera | Planned | 1 citation | $110 | May 25, 2001 |
| Dec 5, 2000 | Oroville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 16, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Butte Steel & Fabrication; Butte Steel & Fabrication Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 3 citations, $615
- 8 CCR 1709, Erection and Construction, general requirements: 2 citations, $1,370
- 8 CCR 1710, Structural steel erection: 2 citations, 1 serious, $1,180
- 8 CCR 3648, Operating Instructions (Aerial Devices): 2 citations, $1,120
- 8 CCR 1632, Floor, roof and wall openings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,800
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 5042, Safe Operating Practices: 1 citation, $825
- 8 CCR 5044, Alloy Steel Chain Slings: 1 citation, $825
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Jose 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Butte Steel & Fabrication, 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 4, 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.