Leo Tidwell Excavating Corporation safety record at a glance
Leo Tidwell Excavating Corporation has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 9, 2002 and Jul 14, 2025. 3 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $27,755 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $26,240. The largest single penalty, $16,360, came from an inspection opened Jul 14, 2025 in Fresno. That places the employer at #4,364 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Fresno, Selma, Arcata, Redding, Dublin, Arroyo Grande, Sonora, Delano.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2025 | Fresno | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $16,685 | $16,360 | open |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Selma | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Feb 3, 2025 |
| Apr 29, 2020 | Arcata | Planned | 1 citation | $685 | $685 | Jul 10, 2020 |
| Mar 4, 2015 | Redding | Referral | 1 citation | $250 | $250 | Apr 20, 2015 |
| Apr 23, 2013 | Dublin | Planned | 2 citations 2 serious | $4,760 | $3,570 | Jun 13, 2013 |
| May 20, 2004 | Arroyo Grande | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 20, 2004 |
| Jun 25, 2002 | Sonora | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 1, 2002 |
| Jan 9, 2002 | Delano | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Apr 17, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Leo Tidwell Excavating CO; Leo Tidwell Excavating Corp; Leo Tidwell Excavating Corp.; Leo Tidwell Excavating Corp. (Ltec).
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $5,375
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $16,200
- 8 CCR 1926.28: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,231
- 8 CCR 1926.51: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,339
- 8 CCR 341: 1 citation, $685
- 8 CCR 341.1: 1 citation, $250
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $160
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fresno 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Leo Tidwell Excavating 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.