Pacific Coast Builders safety record at a glance
Pacific Coast Builders has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 19, 2000 and Feb 5, 2026. 3 of them were planned inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $14,180 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $11,180. The largest single penalty, $7,470, came from an inspection opened Jan 18, 2006 in Downey. That places the employer at #13,875 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Newport Beach, Sausalito, Hermosa Beach, Costa Mesa, Downey, Foster City.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2026 | Newport Beach | Accident | 1 citation | $110 | $110 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| May 16, 2024 | Sausalito | Unprogrammed related | 4 citations | $2,000 | $2,000 | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Sep 22, 2009 | Hermosa Beach | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,600 | $1,200 | Jan 23, 2010 |
| Jul 7, 2009 | Costa Mesa | Planned | 4 citations | $1,000 | $400 | Feb 9, 2010 |
| Jan 18, 2006 | Downey | Planned | 5 citations 3 serious | $7,470 | $7,470 | Nov 21, 2008 |
| Dec 19, 2000 | Foster City | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 22, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Pacific Coast Builders Inc; Pacific Coast Builders Inc.; Pacific Coast Builders, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 4 citations, $1,210
- 8 CCR 1675: 3 citations, 1 serious, $2,750
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 3 citations, $700
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 2 citations, 2 serious, $3,260
- 8 CCR 1644, Metal scaffolds: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 1621, Railings and toeboards (construction): 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,360
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $500
- 8 CCR 1527: 1 citation, $100
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 Pacific Coast Builders
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.