What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of Simmons Construction Inc. at 4100 Express Avenue, Shafter (Kern County) on Nov 16, 2020. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 40 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 1 citation (0 serious) and proposed $650 in penalties; the current total is $650. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Feb 3, 2022. The employer has 7 other inspections on its California record.
Citations
Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.
Issued Jan 13, 2021. Proposed $650, current $650. 6 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 20, 2021, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Jan 13, 2021. Proposed $5,000, current $0. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jan 25, 2021, final order Aug 10, 2021. Abatement due Jan 20, 2021, completed. Read the rule.
The accident
Keywords: ankle,ascending,blunt force,blunt force trauma,climbing,climbing on ladder,construction,extension ladder,fall,fall from elevation,fall protection,fracture,insufficient supervision,laborer,ladder,leg 1 hospitalized
Your rights
If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 345046486. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 345046486, checked Nov 1, 2026. How to read a record. 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 A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change.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.