Gordon N Ball Inc safety record at a glance
Gordon N Ball Inc has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 15, 2003 and Aug 3, 2026. 4 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $800 in penalties, and that total stands. The largest single penalty, $375, came from an inspection opened Oct 15, 2003 in San Mateo. That places the employer at #56,578 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Boulder Creek, Richmond, Orinda, San Francisco, San Mateo.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | Boulder Creek | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Oct 24, 2013 | Richmond | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jan 17, 2014 |
| Apr 26, 2013 | Orinda | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 31, 2013 |
| Apr 6, 2010 | Orinda | Planned | no citations | $0 | Apr 21, 2010 |
| Mar 30, 2007 | San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation | $125 | Oct 30, 2008 |
| Jul 12, 2004 | San Mateo | Planned | 1 citation | $0 | Aug 5, 2004 |
| Oct 21, 2003 | San Mateo | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | Oct 24, 2003 |
| Oct 16, 2003 | San Mateo | Complaint | 4 citations | $300 | Jul 12, 2006 |
| Oct 15, 2003 | San Mateo | Planned | 1 citation | $375 | Jul 17, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Gordon N. Ball Inc.; Gordon N. Ball, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 8470, Internal Combustion Engines: 2 citations, $200
- 8 CCR 341.1, Issuance of Permits: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 1529, Asbestos (construction): 1 citation, $125
- 8 CCR 8408, Pre-Job Safety Conference: 1 citation, $100
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 8406, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation
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 Gordon N Ball 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.