Lehigh Southwest Cement Company safety record at a glance
Lehigh Southwest Cement Company has been the subject of 42 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 19, 2000 and Jul 22, 2021. 25 of them were planned inspections. 31 of them produced citations, 65 in all: 11 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $208,280 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $160,300. The largest single penalty, $44,125, came from an inspection opened Dec 31, 2017 in Cupertino. 5 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #173 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 5 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Cupertino, Tehachapi, Redding.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2021 | Cupertino | Planned | 3 citations | $1,685 | $1,685 | Apr 22, 2022 |
| Feb 28, 2020 | Cupertino | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Sep 14, 2020 |
| Jan 28, 2020 | Tehachapi | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 6, 2020 |
| Jul 18, 2018 | Cupertino | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 8, 2020 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | Cupertino | Fatality or catastrophe | death 3 citations 2 serious | $68,000 | $44,125 | Mar 18, 2024 |
| Jun 15, 2017 | Tehachapi | Planned | 2 citations | $525 | $470 | Jul 18, 2018 |
| Jan 24, 2017 | Cupertino | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,130 | $1,130 | May 9, 2018 |
| Jan 14, 2016 | Tehachapi | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $6,050 | $6,050 | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Mar 25, 2015 | Redding | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 23, 2015 |
| Mar 18, 2015 | Tehachapi | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 28, 2015 |
| Mar 5, 2015 | Cupertino | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,000 | $23,000 | Mar 21, 2016 |
| Dec 2, 2014 | Redding | Planned | 2 citations | $225 | $225 | Feb 8, 2016 |
| Aug 1, 2014 | Cupertino | Planned | 2 citations | $1,125 | $1,125 | open |
| Jul 31, 2014 | Cupertino | Planned | 3 citations | $1,125 | $1,125 | Nov 14, 2018 |
| Apr 1, 2014 | Cupertino | Planned | 2 citations | $450 | $450 | Aug 28, 2014 |
| Sep 24, 2013 | Cupertino | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $22,500 | Aug 28, 2014 |
| Oct 29, 2012 | Tehachapi | Accident | 4 citations 3 serious | $30,105 | $30,105 | Apr 7, 2013 |
| Feb 27, 2012 | Redding | Planned | 2 citations | $450 | $450 | May 16, 2016 |
| Oct 13, 2011 | Tehachapi | Planned | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Dec 7, 2011 |
| Oct 5, 2011 | Cupertino | Accident | 3 deaths no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 1, 2011 |
| Jun 1, 2011 | Cupertino | Planned | 2 citations | $550 | $550 | Jul 16, 2011 |
| Mar 29, 2011 | Cupertino | Planned | 2 citations | $450 | $450 | Jun 10, 2011 |
| Apr 14, 2010 | Cupertino | Accident | 2 citations | $18,450 | $1,200 | Mar 12, 2011 |
| Mar 24, 2010 | Cupertino | Planned | 2 citations | $785 | $785 | Jul 17, 2010 |
| Mar 22, 2010 | Redding | Accident | 5 citations 1 repeat | $11,985 | $10,985 | Jun 14, 2012 |
| Mar 10, 2010 | Redding | Planned | 1 citation | $1,060 | $1,060 | Jul 13, 2010 |
| Mar 2, 2010 | Cupertino | Planned | 3 citations | $825 | $225 | Mar 12, 2011 |
| Jan 27, 2010 | Tehachapi | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 11, 2010 |
| Nov 4, 2009 | Tehachapi | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Nov 4, 2009 |
| Jul 30, 2009 | Tehachapi | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 20, 2009 |
| Mar 10, 2009 | Redding | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | $225 | May 21, 2009 |
| Feb 5, 2008 | Redding | Planned | 3 citations | $675 | $675 | Jun 20, 2008 |
| Oct 3, 2007 | Tehachapi | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 11, 2007 |
| Feb 23, 2007 | Redding | Accident | 2 citations | $5,450 | $2,200 | Feb 20, 2008 |
| Feb 5, 2007 | Tehachapi | Planned | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jul 13, 2007 |
| Jan 9, 2007 | Redding | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Feb 21, 2007 |
| Aug 22, 2006 | Redding | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 | $750 | Feb 1, 2008 |
| Apr 7, 2006 | Tehachapi | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $3,655 | $3,655 | Jan 31, 2008 |
| Aug 25, 2005 | Tehachapi | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,375 | $3,375 | Sep 17, 2008 |
| Mar 26, 2003 | Tehachapi | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 10, 2003 |
| Apr 24, 2002 | Tehachapi | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 24, 2002 |
| Apr 19, 2000 | Redding | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | $225 | Nov 7, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Lehigh Southwest Cement dba Lehigh Southwest Cemen; Lehigh Southwest Cement CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3277: 8 citations, 1 serious, $6,985
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 5 citations, $2,025
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 2 serious, $44,625
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 4 citations, 1 serious, $4,085
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 3 citations, $15,750
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 3 citations, 1 serious, $6,935
- 8 CCR 7010: 2 citations, 1 serious, $15,975
- 8 CCR 5048: 2 citations, $900
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Lehigh Southwest Cement 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.