Schmidbauer Lumber CO safety record at a glance
Schmidbauer Lumber CO has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 16, 2000 and Apr 3, 2025. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 23 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $80,970 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $61,170. The largest single penalty, $18,270, came from an inspection opened Jan 12, 2017 in Eureka. That places the employer at #1,058 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Eureka, Arcata.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2025 | Eureka | Complaint | 3 citations 2 serious | $12,105 | $12,105 | Aug 19, 2025 |
| Sep 21, 2022 | Eureka | Planned | 4 citations 1 serious | $8,070 | $8,070 | Dec 27, 2022 |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Eureka | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $16,200 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Jan 11, 2018 | Eureka | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jan 16, 2018 |
| Jan 12, 2017 | Eureka | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $29,370 | $18,270 | Jul 17, 2017 |
| Aug 12, 2008 | Eureka | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 4, 2008 |
| May 6, 2008 | Arcata | Complaint | 2 citations | $450 | $450 | Sep 10, 2008 |
| Aug 16, 2007 | Eureka | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 11, 2008 |
| Jan 25, 2007 | Eureka | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 5, 2007 |
| Jan 10, 2006 | Eureka | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 26, 2006 |
| Feb 9, 2005 | Eureka | Planned | 9 citations 4 serious | $8,475 | $6,075 | Apr 5, 2007 |
| Jun 14, 2001 | Eureka | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 30, 2001 |
| Aug 16, 2000 | Eureka | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 22, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Schmidbauer Lumber Inc; Schmidbauer Lumber Inc dba Pacific Clears; Schmidbauer Lumber, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, 2 serious, $13,975
- 8 CCR 5110: 3 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $16,200
- 8 CCR 6358: 1 citation, 1 serious, $14,400
- 8 CCR 6365: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,735
- 8 CCR 5096: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $2,000
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, $850
Accidents investigated
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 Schmidbauer Lumber CO
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.