Headwaters Construction Inc. safety record at a glance
Headwaters Construction Inc. has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 25, 2012 and Jun 11, 2019. 3 of them were referral inspections. All of them produced citations, 16 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $15,972 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $11,312. The largest single penalty, $3,730, came from an inspection opened Jun 11, 2019 in Oroville. That places the employer at #13,713 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Oroville, Red Bluff, Sacramento.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2019 | Oroville | Referral | 3 citations | $5,115 | $3,730 | Oct 18, 2019 |
| Oct 30, 2018 | Red Bluff | Referral | 2 citations | $755 | $755 | Feb 8, 2019 |
| Aug 8, 2018 | Red Bluff | Referral | 7 citations 1 serious | $5,940 | $3,265 | Dec 24, 2018 |
| Mar 16, 2018 | Oroville | Complaint | 2 citations | $3,900 | $3,300 | Nov 26, 2018 |
| Jan 25, 2012 | Sacramento | Planned | 2 citations | $262 | $262 | Apr 12, 2012 |
Also recorded as: Headwaters Construction, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 3 citations, 1 serious, $3,205
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, $611
- 8 CCR 3648: 2 citations, $3,550
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $365
- 8 CCR 3642: 2 citations, $365
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $216
- 8 CCR 2946: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 1527: 1 citation
Local pages: Sacramento 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 Headwaters 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.