Sme Construction, Inc. safety record at a glance
Sme Construction, Inc. has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 30, 2000 and Jun 9, 2004. 3 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $74,400 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $35,175. The largest single penalty, $21,535, came from an inspection opened Sep 22, 2000 in Santa Clarita. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #2,734 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Santa Clarita, Valencia, Castaic.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2004 | Santa Clarita | Accident | 1 citation | $110 | $110 | Oct 21, 2006 |
| Feb 4, 2002 | Santa Clarita | Complaint | 4 citations 4 serious | $7,200 | $7,200 | Mar 25, 2002 |
| Sep 8, 2001 | Valencia | Accident | 5 citations 2 serious | $19,605 | $6,330 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Sep 22, 2000 | Santa Clarita | Accident | death 7 citations 2 serious | $47,485 | $21,535 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Jun 30, 2000 | Castaic | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 13, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Sme Construction; Sme Construction Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1740: 3 citations, 3 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,085
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $270
- 8 CCR 5002: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 2946: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 4999: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 3279: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Clarita 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 Sme 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.