Wallace & Smith Contractors safety record at a glance
Wallace & Smith Contractors has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 21, 2004 and Mar 18, 2026. 5 of them were planned inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $11,010 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $9,000. The largest single penalty, $5,000, came from an inspection opened Apr 4, 2024 in Bakersfield. That places the employer at #16,201 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Bakersfield, Fresno, Firebaugh, Lost Hills, Santa Maria, Delano.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2026 | Bakersfield | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $3,000 $4,385 proposed | open |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $315 | Mar 25, 2026 |
| May 1, 2025 | Firebaugh | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Sep 26, 2025 |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Bakersfield | Planned | 1 citation | $5,000 | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Jul 2, 2020 | Bakersfield | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Dec 31, 2020 |
| Jun 16, 2020 | Lost Hills | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 21, 2020 |
| May 12, 2020 | Santa Maria | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 11, 2020 |
| Jul 18, 2019 | Fresno | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Nov 9, 2022 |
| Jan 11, 2018 | Bakersfield | Planned | 1 citation | $0 $1,575 proposed | Jul 5, 2018 |
| Apr 28, 2017 | Bakersfield | Planned | no citations | $0 | May 22, 2017 |
| Feb 11, 2016 | Delano | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jul 14, 2016 |
| Aug 15, 2012 | Bakersfield | Referral | no citations | $0 | Feb 20, 2013 |
| Sep 13, 2011 | Bakersfield | Referral | no citations | $0 | Sep 20, 2011 |
| Sep 13, 2011 | Bakersfield | Referral | no citations | $0 | Oct 12, 2011 |
| Jan 21, 2004 | Bakersfield | Planned | 1 citation | $685 | Jul 8, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Wallace & Smith Contractors Inc; Wallace and Smith Contractors.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1712, Requirements for Impalement Protection: 2 citations, $5,000
- 8 CCR 1709, Erection and Construction, general requirements: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 341, Permit Requirements: 1 citation, $685
- 8 CCR 3396, Heat illness prevention, indoor: 1 citation, $315
Local pages: Bakersfield employment lawyer, Fresno 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 Wallace & Smith Contractors
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.