Shames Construction Company LTD safety record at a glance
Shames Construction Company LTD has been the subject of 29 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 9, 2004 and Feb 23, 2024. 8 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $35,990 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $30,665. The largest single penalty, $8,500, came from an inspection opened Jul 24, 2008 in Auburn. That places the employer at #3,417 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Retail Trade. Worksites in Crescent City, Visalia, Pasadena, Chico, Sacramento, Oroville, Antioch, Red Bluff.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2024 | Crescent City | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $305 | $305 | Mar 29, 2024 |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Visalia | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 20, 2023 |
| Jul 29, 2021 | Visalia | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,400 | $5,400 | Mar 19, 2022 |
| Jul 6, 2021 | Visalia | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $6,175 | $6,175 | Dec 6, 2021 |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Visalia | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,850 | $5,850 | Nov 16, 2021 |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Pasadena | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 25, 2021 |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Chico | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 1, 2019 |
| Jan 31, 2017 | Sacramento | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 13, 2017 |
| Jun 21, 2016 | Oroville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 29, 2016 |
| Jun 9, 2015 | Antioch | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 11, 2015 |
| Apr 21, 2015 | Red Bluff | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 10, 2015 |
| Sep 3, 2014 | Los Banos | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 22, 2014 |
| Apr 23, 2013 | Vacaville | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 28, 2013 |
| Aug 17, 2012 | Vacaville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 7, 2012 |
| Apr 17, 2012 | Crescent City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 8, 2012 |
| Jan 18, 2012 | Willows | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 23, 2012 |
| Sep 27, 2011 | Stockton | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 27, 2011 |
| Sep 14, 2011 | Bakersfield | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 20, 2011 |
| Sep 14, 2011 | Bakersfield | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 12, 2011 |
| Aug 8, 2011 | Willows | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 5, 2011 |
| May 26, 2011 | Industry | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $7,915 | $4,025 | Sep 24, 2012 |
| Feb 22, 2011 | Willows | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 23, 2011 |
| Oct 21, 2010 | Atwater | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 16, 2010 |
| Oct 3, 2008 | Berkeley | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2008 |
| Jul 24, 2008 | Auburn | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $9,935 | $8,500 | Apr 22, 2016 |
| Oct 18, 2007 | Crescent City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 11, 2007 |
| Aug 21, 2006 | Santa Rosa | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $410 | $410 | Feb 22, 2007 |
| Mar 2, 2006 | Crescent City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 8, 2006 |
| Jun 9, 2004 | Alameda | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 30, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Shames Construction Company LTD.; Shames Construction CO LTD; Shames Construction; Shames Construction, LLC; Shames Construction Company, LTD; Shames Construction, Inc.; Shames Construction Inc.; Shames Construction Company Inc.; Shames Construction Company, LTD.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1712: 3 citations, 3 serious, $17,100
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 3 citations, $715
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $8,125
- 8 CCR 1512, Emergency medical services (construction): 2 citations, $770
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 1430.31: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 1632, Floor, roof and wall openings: 1 citation, $205
Local pages: Visalia employment lawyer, Pasadena 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 Shames Construction Company LTD
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.