Buzz Oates Construction, Inc. safety record at a glance
Buzz Oates Construction, Inc. has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 13, 2009 and Nov 19, 2024. 8 of them were planned inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $7,755 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $4,380. The largest single penalty, $3,375, came from an inspection opened Sep 1, 2023 in Stockton. That places the employer at #27,359 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Vacaville, Patterson, Stockton, Sacramento, Elk Grove.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2024 | Vacaville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 21, 2025 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Patterson | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Stockton | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 | $3,375 | Mar 11, 2024 |
| Jan 17, 2023 | Stockton | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 7, 2023 |
| Oct 19, 2021 | Stockton | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Mar 4, 2020 | Sacramento | Planned | 1 citation | $325 | $325 | May 4, 2020 |
| Jun 12, 2019 | Stockton | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 5, 2019 |
| Feb 12, 2019 | Stockton | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 12, 2019 |
| Feb 8, 2019 | Vacaville | Complaint | 1 citation | $350 | $350 | Apr 26, 2019 |
| Aug 23, 2018 | Stockton | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 18, 2018 |
| Jun 3, 2015 | Vacaville | Planned | 2 citations | $330 | $330 | Sep 14, 2015 |
| Jul 13, 2009 | Elk Grove | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 28, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Buzz Oates Construction; Buzz Oates Construction, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1712: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,725
- 8 CCR 341.4: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 1675: 1 citation, $165
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, $165
Local pages: Stockton 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 Buzz Oates 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.