Spiess Construction CO, Inc safety record at a glance
Spiess Construction CO, Inc has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 5, 2000 and May 31, 2022. 3 of them were planned inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $23,420 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $2,995. The largest single penalty, $1,885, came from an inspection opened Apr 20, 2005 in Live Oak. That places the employer at #33,844 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Porterville, Santa Rosa, Live Oak, Lincoln.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2022 | Porterville | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 6, 2022 |
| Oct 5, 2005 | Santa Rosa | Planned | 1 citation | $100 | 0 | May 8, 2007 |
| Apr 20, 2005 | Live Oak | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $5,935 | $1,885 | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Feb 22, 2005 | Live Oak | Complaint | 3 citations | $16,875 | $600 | Nov 26, 2007 |
| Apr 3, 2003 | Lincoln | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $510 | $510 | Jun 2, 2003 |
| Dec 5, 2000 | Lincoln | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 2, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Spiess Construction CO Inc; Spiess Construction; Spiess Construction Company, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1644, Metal scaffolds: 2 citations, $400
- 8 CCR 3648: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,575
- 8 CCR 1926.404: 1 citation, 1 serious, $510
- 8 CCR 1646: 1 citation, $310
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, $200
- 8 CCR 1599, Flagging: 1 citation
Local pages: Santa Rosa 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 Spiess 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.