James E. Roberts-Obayashi Corporation safety record at a glance
James E. Roberts-Obayashi Corporation has been the subject of 28 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 12, 2002 and Oct 16, 2025. 12 of them were planned inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 29 in all: 12 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $135,837 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $76,102. The largest single penalty, $21,000, came from an inspection opened Jan 28, 2020 in Alameda. That places the employer at #732 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Mountain View, Albany, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda, Sunnyvale, Hayward.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2025 | Mountain View | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2026 |
| Jun 8, 2023 | Albany | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 29, 2023 |
| May 10, 2023 | Albany | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 3, 2023 |
| Dec 15, 2022 | Santa Clara | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 24, 2023 |
| Sep 20, 2021 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 22, 2021 |
| Jul 7, 2021 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 23, 2021 |
| Jul 7, 2021 | Oakland | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 23, 2021 |
| Jan 28, 2020 | Alameda | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $30,150 | $21,000 | Sep 21, 2020 |
| Nov 16, 2017 | San Francisco | Referral | 1 citation | $810 | $810 | Jan 24, 2018 |
| Aug 16, 2017 | Sunnyvale | Planned | 2 citations 1 repeat | $4,500 | $4,500 | Jan 5, 2018 |
| Aug 16, 2016 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,300 | $3,710 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| Jul 16, 2015 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Nov 8, 2016 |
| Apr 13, 2015 | Hayward | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $8,435 | $5,400 | Oct 30, 2015 |
| Jun 5, 2014 | Oakland | Referral | 2 citations | $585 | $585 | Jan 28, 2015 |
| Jan 17, 2014 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 13, 2014 |
| Nov 15, 2010 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 14, 2011 |
| Aug 24, 2010 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 30, 2010 |
| Feb 4, 2008 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Jun 5, 2007 | Oakland | Referral | 4 citations 2 serious | $36,937 | $10,202 | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Mar 27, 2007 | Oakland | Complaint | 4 citations 4 serious | $27,000 | $8,775 | Aug 29, 2008 |
| Dec 20, 2006 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 20, 2006 |
| Jun 22, 2006 | Oakland | Referral | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 22, 2006 |
| Apr 17, 2006 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 17, 2006 |
| Aug 28, 2004 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 2, 2004 |
| Jan 17, 2004 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 13, 2004 |
| Dec 9, 2002 | San Francisco | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,060 | $1,060 | Jun 28, 2006 |
| Jul 23, 2002 | Antioch | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 2 serious | $11,400 | $11,400 | Feb 10, 2003 |
| Jul 12, 2002 | Oakland | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $7,310 | $7,310 | Sep 6, 2002 |
Also recorded as: James E. Roberts/Obayashi; James E Roberts-Obayashi Corp.; James E. Roberts-Obayashi Corp; James E Roberts-Obayashi Corporation.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1632, Floor, roof and wall openings: 5 citations, 4 serious, $10,025
- 8 CCR 1712: 3 citations, 1 serious, $10,000
- 8 CCR 1675: 3 citations, 1 serious, $1,235
- 8 CCR 1621, Railings and toeboards (construction): 2 citations, 2 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 341: 2 citations, $1,560
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $925
- 8 CCR 1526: 2 citations, $425
- 8 CCR 1713: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Clara 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 James E. Roberts-Obayashi 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 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.