Neils Controlled Blasting LP safety record at a glance
Neils Controlled Blasting LP has been the subject of 18 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 7, 2003 and Jun 3, 2020. 15 of them were planned inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 4 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $225 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $225. The largest single penalty, $225, came from an inspection opened Oct 29, 2008 in Shaver Lake. That places the employer at #77,849 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Construction. Worksites in Red Bluff, Chester, Chico, La Porte, Big Oak Flat, Auburn, Moccasin, Shaver Lake.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2020 | Red Bluff | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 3, 2020 |
| Jun 25, 2018 | Chester | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 26, 2018 |
| Sep 28, 2011 | Chico | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 12, 2012 |
| Sep 14, 2011 | La Porte | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Oct 3, 2011 |
| Aug 31, 2011 | La Porte | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 6, 2011 |
| Jan 7, 2010 | Big Oak Flat | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jan 7, 2010 |
| Apr 2, 2009 | Auburn | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Apr 7, 2009 |
| Jan 7, 2009 | Moccasin | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 3, 2009 |
| Oct 29, 2008 | Shaver Lake | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | $225 | Jan 13, 2009 |
| Oct 14, 2008 | Shaver Lake | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 30, 2008 |
| Dec 27, 2007 | Jamestown | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 9, 2008 |
| Dec 17, 2007 | Jamestown | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Dec 31, 2007 |
| Dec 8, 2006 | Trinity Dam | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Dec 12, 2006 |
| Nov 1, 2006 | Shaver Lake | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Nov 13, 2006 |
| Oct 24, 2006 | Shaver Lake | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 31, 2006 |
| Jan 12, 2006 | Pulga | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 25, 2006 |
| Aug 6, 2003 | San Francisco | Programmed related | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Sep 9, 2003 |
| Jul 7, 2003 | San Francisco | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 17, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Neils Controlled Blasting.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 8445: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 8410: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 1685: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 1922: 1 citation
Local pages: Chico 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 Neils Controlled Blasting LP
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.