R A O Construction CO Inc safety record at a glance
R A O Construction CO Inc has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 29, 2007 and Apr 21, 2025. 5 of them were referral inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $7,710 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,175. The largest single penalty, $1,925, came from an inspection opened Aug 29, 2007 in Arcata. That places the employer at #24,473 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Arcata, Eureka, Fortuna.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2025 | Arcata | Referral | 1 citation | $225 | $225 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Eureka | Referral | 2 citations | $330 | $330 | Apr 16, 2024 |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Fortuna | Referral | 1 citation | $550 | $550 | Oct 11, 2023 |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Arcata | Referral | 3 citations | $525 | $525 | Jan 3, 2023 |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Fortuna | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 18, 2017 |
| Jun 9, 2016 | Fortuna | Referral | 1 citation | $195 | $195 | Sep 26, 2016 |
| Dec 5, 2008 | Eureka | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $1,425 | $1,425 | Feb 23, 2010 |
| Aug 29, 2007 | Arcata | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $4,460 | $1,925 | Sep 10, 2008 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1712: 3 citations, $970
- 8 CCR 3382: 2 citations, 1 serious, $1,525
- 8 CCR 1512, Emergency medical services (construction): 2 citations, $330
- 8 CCR 1596: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,750
- 8 CCR 1599, Flagging: 1 citation, $175
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $175
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $175
- 8 CCR 3381: 1 citation, $75
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 R A O Construction CO 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.