McCarthy Building Companies Inc safety record at a glance
McCarthy Building Companies Inc has been the subject of 57 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 16, 2001 and Aug 17, 2026. 18 of them were planned inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $32,525 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $18,205. The largest single penalty, $10,795, came from an inspection opened Nov 5, 2015 in San Jose. That places the employer at #7,900 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in Foster City, Irvine, Sacramento, Riverside, Fresno, Dublin, Orange, San Jose.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | Foster City | Unprogrammed related | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Irvine | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Apr 6, 2026 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Sacramento | Planned | no citations | $0 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Irvine | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | May 4, 2026 |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Riverside | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 17, 2024 |
| Nov 21, 2023 | Fresno | Planned | no citations | $0 | Dec 14, 2023 |
| Jun 22, 2023 | Dublin | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | Jul 7, 2025 |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Orange | Referral | no citations | $0 | Mar 17, 2023 |
| Nov 9, 2022 | San Jose | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Apr 11, 2023 |
| May 19, 2022 | Modesto | Planned | 1 citation | $0 $400 proposed | Oct 7, 2022 |
| Oct 1, 2020 | Rosamond | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 20, 2021 |
| May 27, 2020 | Lemoore | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 25, 2020 |
| Jan 29, 2020 | Yreka | Planned | no citations | $0 | Feb 7, 2020 |
| Jan 2, 2020 | La Jolla | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 23, 2020 |
| Dec 2, 2019 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $4,500 $9,000 proposed | Apr 25, 2023 |
| May 21, 2019 | Tarzana | Complaint | 1 citation | $0 $300 proposed | Apr 12, 2021 |
| May 20, 2019 | Greenbrae | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Apr 11, 2019 | Yreka | Planned | no citations | $0 | May 2, 2019 |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Newport Beach | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jun 26, 2019 |
| Aug 13, 2018 | South San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Sep 7, 2018 |
| Jan 30, 2018 | Dublin | Complaint | 3 citations | $560 $1,680 proposed | Nov 21, 2022 |
| Jul 6, 2017 | Sacramento | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jul 13, 2017 |
| Jun 26, 2017 | San Diego | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jul 6, 2017 |
| May 15, 2017 | Shandon | Referral | 1 citation | $700 | Apr 2, 2026 |
| Nov 2, 2016 | Sacramento | Planned | no citations | $0 | Nov 2, 2016 |
| Oct 12, 2016 | Foster City | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Dec 7, 2016 |
| Jul 15, 2016 | Fresno | Programmed related | no citations | $0 | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Nov 5, 2015 | San Jose | Accident | 3 citations | $10,795 $18,795 proposed | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Dec 4, 2014 | Berkeley | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | May 19, 2015 |
| Oct 14, 2014 | Los Angeles | Planned | no citations | $0 | Oct 28, 2014 |
| Apr 5, 2013 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 16, 2013 |
| Feb 15, 2013 | Vallejo | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Jan 18, 2013 | Vallejo | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | Jan 23, 2013 |
| Nov 28, 2011 | Oakland | Programmed related | no citations | $0 | Apr 2, 2012 |
| Oct 21, 2011 | Torrance | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 5, 2011 |
| Jun 29, 2011 | Torrance | Accident | no citations | $0 | Dec 16, 2011 |
| Jun 17, 2011 | Fontana | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Nov 21, 2011 |
| Jun 9, 2011 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jun 29, 2011 |
| May 24, 2011 | Huntington Park | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | Aug 10, 2011 |
| Jul 2, 2009 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Nov 30, 2009 |
| Feb 17, 2009 | Berkeley | Planned | no citations | $0 | Feb 19, 2009 |
| Jun 25, 2008 | Mission Viejo | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Feb 9, 2009 |
| Mar 11, 2008 | Berkeley | Planned | no citations | $0 | Mar 11, 2008 |
| Aug 20, 2007 | Roseville | Planned | 1 citation | $0 | Jun 26, 2009 |
| Aug 7, 2007 | Coarsegold | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 9, 2007 |
| Apr 25, 2007 | Coarsegold | Planned | no citations | $0 | Apr 25, 2007 |
| Dec 20, 2006 | Coarsegold | Planned | no citations | $0 | Dec 21, 2006 |
| Aug 10, 2006 | Pasadena | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 23, 2006 |
| Sep 29, 2005 | Torrance | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 28, 2005 |
| May 20, 2004 | Berkeley | Planned | no citations | $0 | May 20, 2004 |
| Jan 27, 2004 | Torrance | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 9, 2004 |
| Jun 10, 2003 | Torrance | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 29, 2003 |
| Oct 23, 2002 | Torrance | Accident | no citations | $0 | Dec 19, 2002 |
| Jul 17, 2002 | Torrance | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 9, 2008 |
| Mar 15, 2002 | Torrance | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | May 21, 2002 |
| Aug 16, 2001 | Torrance | Accident | no inspection made | $0 | Oct 23, 2001 |
Also recorded as: McCarthy Building Companies; McCarthy Building Companies, Inc; McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.; McCarthy Building Companies Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $4,875
- 8 CCR 1632, Floor, roof and wall openings: 2 citations, $1,500
- 8 CCR 4999, Handling Loads: 1 citation, $10,000
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $700
- 8 CCR 5141, Control of Harmful Exposure to Employees: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 1675, Ladders, general: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Irvine employment lawyer, 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. 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 McCarthy Building Companies 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.