Cherne Contracting Corporation safety record at a glance
Cherne Contracting Corporation has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 30, 2002 and Jul 10, 2018. 4 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $42,820 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,745. The largest single penalty, $5,400, came from an inspection opened Apr 14, 2008 in Martinez. That places the employer at #19,757 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Richmond, Martinez.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2018 | Richmond | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Sep 19, 2018 |
| Apr 14, 2008 | Martinez | Complaint | 3 citations | $5,400 $16,200 proposed | Mar 30, 2010 |
| Apr 26, 2007 | Martinez | Accident | 1 citation | $185 | Mar 1, 2009 |
| Mar 21, 2007 | Martinez | Complaint | 1 citation | $600 $18,000 proposed | Mar 1, 2009 |
| Jan 12, 2007 | Martinez | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jan 16, 2007 |
| Jan 11, 2007 | Martinez | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $560 $8,435 proposed | Feb 3, 2009 |
| Sep 30, 2002 | Martinez | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Oct 11, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Cherne Contracting Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2320.4, De-Energized Equipment or Systems: 2 citations, $3,600
- 8 CCR 2320.3, Tests: 1 citation, $1,800
- 8 CCR 1717, Falsework and Vertical Shoring: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 1 citation, 1 serious, $280
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 1527, Washing Facilities, Food Handling, and Temporary Sleeping Quarters: 1 citation, $185
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Richmond 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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Cherne Contracting Corporation
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.