West Builders, Inc. safety record at a glance
West Builders, Inc. has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 10, 2004 and Nov 6, 2025. 7 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 28 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $87,795 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $48,110. The largest single penalty, $12,310, came from an inspection opened Sep 19, 2018 in Berkeley. That places the employer at #1,602 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Berkeley, Fullerton, Santa Rosa, Santa Moni, Oakland, San Francisco, Marina del Rey, Long Beach.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2025 | Berkeley | Planned | 1 citation | $810 | Dec 8, 2025 |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Fullerton | Referral | no citations | $0 | Feb 28, 2025 |
| May 25, 2023 | Berkeley | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $410 | Oct 23, 2023 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | Berkeley | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jan 4, 2023 |
| Dec 1, 2021 | Berkeley | Complaint | 2 citations | $7,685 $7,795 proposed | Jan 8, 2024 |
| Jan 22, 2020 | Berkeley | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,600 | Jul 27, 2020 |
| Jun 4, 2019 | Santa Rosa | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 1 serious | $4,400 | Nov 12, 2019 |
| Sep 19, 2018 | Berkeley | Unprogrammed related | 4 citations 1 serious | $12,310 $30,310 proposed | Nov 9, 2020 |
| Aug 8, 2018 | Santa Moni | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 1 serious | $2,850 $4,300 proposed | Nov 11, 2019 |
| Aug 8, 2018 | Santa Moni | Accident | 2 citations | $900 $5,360 proposed | Dec 27, 2021 |
| Jul 21, 2017 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 16, 2017 |
| Mar 8, 2017 | Oakland | Referral | no citations | $0 | Mar 9, 2017 |
| Mar 22, 2016 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | $0 | Apr 5, 2016 |
| Dec 31, 2014 | Berkeley | Planned | no citations | $0 | Feb 19, 2015 |
| Jan 19, 2008 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jan 19, 2008 |
| Oct 25, 2007 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,350 $1,950 proposed | Aug 22, 2009 |
| Aug 3, 2007 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 3, 2007 |
| Jul 17, 2006 | Marina del Rey | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $2,000 $4,260 proposed | Jan 16, 2008 |
| Oct 6, 2005 | Berkeley | Referral | 3 citations 2 serious | $2,945 $7,425 proposed | Aug 22, 2008 |
| Nov 8, 2004 | Long Beach | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $3,550 $5,575 proposed | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Sep 10, 2004 | Long Beach | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,300 $12,600 proposed | Sep 13, 2010 |
Also recorded as: West Builders Inc.; West Builders Inc; West Builders; West C Builders Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1632, Floor, roof and wall openings: 4 citations, 2 serious, $9,825
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 4 citations, $1,950
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 4 citations, $1,670
- 8 CCR 1675, Ladders, general: 3 citations, 1 serious, $1,595
- 8 CCR 1621, Railings and toeboards (construction): 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,800
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,300
- 8 CCR 1620, Design and Construction of Railings: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,800
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Berkeley employment lawyer, Fullerton employment lawyer, 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. 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 West Builders, 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 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.