Foundation Building Materials, LLC safety record at a glance
Foundation Building Materials, LLC has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 21, 2014 and Nov 25, 2025. 2 of them were complaint inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 10 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $48,060 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $43,260. The largest single penalty, $18,750, came from an inspection opened May 21, 2014 in San Jose. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,952 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade. Worksites in San Leandro, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Ventura, Oakland, San Jose.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2025 | San Leandro | Complaint | 2 citations 2 serious | $15,185 | $15,185 | open |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Los Angeles | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Feb 24, 2023 | Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | Dec 4, 2023 |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Ventura | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $8,200 | $5,400 | Jun 3, 2016 |
| Jun 5, 2014 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $925 | $925 | Nov 14, 2014 |
| May 21, 2014 | San Jose | Accident | death 2 citations 1 serious | $18,750 | $18,750 | Apr 24, 2017 |
Also recorded as: Foundation Building Materials LLC; Foundation Building Materials.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 3 citations, 1 serious, $12,160
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $950
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,435
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 1549: 1 citation, $515
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $200
Accidents investigated
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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 Foundation Building Materials, LLC
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.