DSS Company safety record at a glance
DSS Company has been the subject of 30 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 4, 2001 and Jan 27, 2026. 18 of them were planned inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $40,965 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $39,540. The largest single penalty, $36,500, came from an inspection opened Jan 8, 2015 in Tracy. That places the employer at #2,266 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Construction; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Tracy, Oakdale, Mante, Oakley, Lathrop, Rio Vista, Modesto, Livingston.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2026 | Tracy | Planned | 3 citations | $480 | $480 | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Tracy | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 29, 2025 |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Oakdale | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 18, 2022 |
| Apr 19, 2022 | Tracy | Planned | 1 citation | $165 | $165 | Oct 18, 2022 |
| Apr 24, 2020 | Mante | Planned | 1 citation | $600 | 0 | Oct 8, 2020 |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Tracy | Planned | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Nov 9, 2020 |
| Oct 28, 2015 | Tracy | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Feb 24, 2016 |
| Jan 8, 2015 | Tracy | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 1 serious | $36,500 | $36,500 | Sep 13, 2021 |
| Apr 24, 2014 | Oakley | Complaint | 1 citation | $825 | 0 | Aug 5, 2014 |
| Mar 19, 2014 | Tracy | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 27, 2014 |
| Aug 1, 2013 | Tracy | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 4, 2013 |
| Mar 20, 2013 | Tracy | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 4, 2013 |
| Jan 25, 2013 | Lathrop | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 28, 2013 |
| Jul 2, 2012 | Tracy | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 3, 2012 |
| Jan 6, 2012 | Rio Vista | Programmed other | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | Apr 25, 2017 |
| Dec 8, 2011 | Tracy | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 19, 2011 |
| Jul 21, 2010 | Tracy | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 10, 2010 |
| Jul 14, 2010 | Modesto | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 21, 2010 |
| Aug 24, 2009 | Tracy | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | $225 | Dec 8, 2009 |
| Aug 7, 2008 | Tracy | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 19, 2008 |
| Apr 26, 2007 | Tracy | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 14, 2007 |
| Feb 7, 2006 | Tracy | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 9, 2006 |
| Sep 9, 2005 | Livingston | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 12, 2005 |
| Feb 2, 2005 | Brea | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Sep 22, 2006 |
| Mar 9, 2004 | San Francisco | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Apr 12, 2004 |
| May 7, 2003 | Brea | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Oct 11, 2006 |
| Feb 6, 2003 | Tracy | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 14, 2003 |
| Feb 15, 2002 | Brea | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 23, 2003 |
| Jan 17, 2002 | Tracy | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Mar 22, 2002 |
| Apr 4, 2001 | Tracy | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Aug 23, 2001 |
Also recorded as: DSS; DSS Company dba Knife River Construction; D.S.S. Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,300
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $18,185
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 5025: 1 citation, $500
- 8 CCR 3660, Industrial trucks, general: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 4051: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 4650: 1 citation, $225
Accidents investigated
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 DSS Company
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.