Top Grade Construction safety record at a glance
Top Grade Construction has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 15, 2004 and Jul 11, 2012. 4 of them were planned inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 2 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $18,000 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $3,375. The largest single penalty, $3,375, came from an inspection opened Jul 19, 2011 in Fremont. That places the employer at #31,433 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in Bay Point, Fremont, San Jose, San Pablo, San Mateo, Colma, Palo Alto, Woodland.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2012 | Bay Point | Referral | no citations | $0 | Nov 5, 2012 |
| Jul 19, 2011 | Fremont | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,375 $18,000 proposed | Nov 17, 2012 |
| Jun 24, 2010 | San Jose | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 30, 2010 |
| Feb 16, 2010 | San Pablo | Planned | no citations | $0 | Feb 25, 2010 |
| Nov 5, 2009 | San Mateo | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Dec 21, 2009 |
| Sep 22, 2009 | Colma | Planned | no citations | $0 | Nov 23, 2009 |
| Jul 14, 2009 | Palo Alto | Planned | 1 citation | $0 | Aug 11, 2009 |
| Oct 10, 2006 | Woodland | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 11, 2007 |
| Nov 15, 2004 | San Jose | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Nov 30, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Top Grade Construction, Inc.; Top Grade Construction Inc.; Top Grade Construction, Inc; Top Grade Construction Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1592, Warning methods, construction: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fremont employment lawyer, San Jose 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Top Grade Construction
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 4, 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.