Tidewater Contractors Inc safety record at a glance
Tidewater Contractors Inc has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 19, 2000 and Aug 31, 2026. 12 of them were planned inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 21 in all: 1 serious, 4 repeat. Inspectors proposed $15,440 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $10,040. The largest single penalty, $3,750, came from an inspection opened Sep 16, 2004 in Ruth. That places the employer at #15,178 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. Worksites in Crescent City, Smith River, Ruth, Gasquet.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | Crescent City | Referral | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Smith River | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 3, 2025 |
| May 22, 2024 | Smith River | Planned | 3 citations 1 repeat | $1,835 | $1,835 | Aug 12, 2024 |
| Apr 12, 2023 | Smith River | Planned | 2 citations | $725 | $725 | Jul 3, 2023 |
| Jun 16, 2022 | Crescent City | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 16, 2022 |
| Sep 17, 2007 | Smith River | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 21, 2007 |
| Aug 8, 2006 | Smith River | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 17, 2006 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | Ruth | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $7,050 | $3,750 | May 9, 2007 |
| Dec 6, 2001 | Smith River | Planned | 2 citations 1 repeat | $3,150 | $1,050 | Aug 11, 2004 |
| Aug 8, 2001 | Crescent City | Planned | 3 citations 1 repeat | $1,575 | $1,575 | Jan 28, 2004 |
| Aug 8, 2001 | Smith River | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Sep 26, 2001 |
| Jul 25, 2001 | Gasquet | Planned | 3 citations 1 repeat | $975 | $975 | Jan 28, 2004 |
| May 9, 2001 | Crescent City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 24, 2001 |
| Dec 14, 2000 | Smith River | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 20, 2001 |
| Sep 19, 2000 | Smith River | Planned | 2 citations | $130 | $130 | May 23, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Tidewater Contractors, Inc.; Tidewater Contractors Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 7010: 3 citations, $700
- 8 CCR 1527: 3 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, $1,960
- 8 CCR 1593: 2 citations, $1,575
- 8 CCR 4051: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 1596: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 1592, Warning methods, construction: 1 citation, $1,050
- 8 CCR 341.1: 1 citation, $750
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 Tidewater Contractors 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.