West Valley Construction Company, Inc. safety record at a glance
West Valley Construction Company, Inc. has been the subject of 40 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 12, 2000 and Aug 21, 2025. 16 of them were planned inspections. 12 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $97,880 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $52,880. The largest single penalty, $18,560, came from an inspection opened Oct 16, 2024 in Chico. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #1,345 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in San Jose, Chico, Paradise, Stockton, Visalia, Willows, Oroville, San Mateo.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2025 | San Jose | Planned | 1 citation | $635 | $635 | open |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Chico | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,560 | $18,560 | open |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Paradise | Planned | 4 citations | $1,495 | $1,495 | Nov 18, 2024 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Stockton | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 21, 2024 |
| Aug 9, 2023 | Visalia | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Stockton | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 28, 2023 |
| May 15, 2023 | Stockton | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 11, 2023 |
| Apr 26, 2023 | Willows | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Oct 11, 2022 | Chico | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 5, 2022 |
| Apr 7, 2022 | Stockton | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 25, 2023 |
| Oct 4, 2021 | Chico | Planned | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Mar 15, 2022 |
| Feb 11, 2020 | Stockton | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 20, 2020 |
| May 10, 2019 | Oroville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 16, 2019 |
| Jun 14, 2018 | Stockton | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 8, 2018 |
| Mar 30, 2018 | San Mateo | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 28, 2018 |
| Jun 29, 2017 | Chico | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Nov 8, 2016 | Chico | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 9, 2016 |
| Aug 19, 2016 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 9, 2016 |
| Mar 16, 2016 | Visalia | Planned | 2 citations | $6,910 | $1,095 | May 17, 2017 |
| Feb 3, 2016 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 25, 2016 |
| Jun 2, 2015 | Bakersfield | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $10,800 | Oct 3, 2016 |
| Dec 30, 2014 | Campbell | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 24, 2015 |
| May 14, 2014 | Monte Sereno | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 25, 2014 |
| Dec 3, 2013 | Los Altos Hills | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 7, 2014 |
| Mar 14, 2013 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 13, 2015 |
| Aug 23, 2012 | Fresno | Referral | 1 citation | $160 | $160 | Apr 25, 2017 |
| May 9, 2012 | Stockton | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | May 17, 2012 |
| Jul 29, 2010 | South San Francisco | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 10, 2010 |
| Jun 23, 2010 | San Jose | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 19, 2010 |
| Jan 14, 2010 | Newark | Planned | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Apr 7, 2010 |
| Jul 16, 2009 | Bakersfield | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 21, 2009 |
| Jun 19, 2009 | Fresno | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 14, 2009 |
| Jun 19, 2009 | Fresno | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 3, 2009 |
| May 14, 2009 | Livermore | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | May 14, 2009 |
| Jun 7, 2006 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $2,700 | $600 | Jan 21, 2009 |
| Mar 9, 2004 | Chico | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 19, 2004 |
| Jul 10, 2002 | Chico | Planned | 1 citation | $8,435 | $225 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| May 21, 2001 | Campbell | Accident | death 2 citations 2 serious | $36,000 | $18,000 | Apr 6, 2009 |
| Nov 19, 2000 | Albany | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 11, 2001 |
| Sep 12, 2000 | Salinas | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $4,050 | $375 | Nov 13, 2002 |
Also recorded as: West Valley Construction CO., Inc.; West Valley Construction; West Valley Construction, Inc.; West Valley Construction Company Inc.; West Valley Construction Company; West Valley Construction Company Inc; West Valley Construction Company, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 5 citations, $1,815
- 8 CCR 2946: 2 citations, 2 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 1593: 2 citations, $1,160
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3556: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,800
- 8 CCR 1511: 1 citation, $935
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 1 citation, $635
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $560
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Jose employment lawyer, Chico 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 West Valley Construction Company, 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.