Novo Construction, Inc. safety record at a glance
Novo Construction, Inc. has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 9, 2009 and Jul 3, 2024. 5 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 3 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $9,785 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,750. The largest single penalty, $5,400, came from an inspection opened Sep 23, 2015 in Emeryville. That places the employer at #19,650 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 2 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in San Jose, San Mateo, Oakland, San Francisco, Emeryville, Sunnyvale, Redwood City.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2024 | San Jose | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| Oct 27, 2020 | San Mateo | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 20, 2021 |
| Oct 30, 2019 | Oakland | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Sep 25, 2019 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 1, 2019 |
| Sep 19, 2019 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | May 4, 2020 |
| Oct 26, 2018 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Sep 18, 2018 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 17, 2018 |
| Sep 23, 2015 | Emeryville | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $8,435 | $5,400 | Jun 23, 2016 |
| Oct 15, 2014 | Sunnyvale | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 10, 2014 |
| May 2, 2014 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Nov 6, 2014 |
| Mar 3, 2014 | Redwood City | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 11, 2014 |
| Dec 9, 2009 | Emeryville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 9, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Novo Construction Inc; Novo Construction; Novo Construction Inc.; Novo Construction, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1632, Floor, roof and wall openings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 3337: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 1527: 1 citation, $600
Local pages: San Jose employment lawyer, San Mateo employment lawyer, Oakland 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 Novo Construction, 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 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.