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SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY

7001 NATIONAL AVE, TAHOE VISTA, CA, 95732
Operated by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC · 1 of 1,594 establishments

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OSHA inspections
2
over 35 years
Violations
7
$2,000 in penalties
Penalties
$2,000
$286 avg
Accident investigations on record
2 hospitalizations

Summary

SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY has accumulated 7 OSHA violations across 2 inspections over 35 years of recorded history, with $2,000 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 90th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 119,380 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 85th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 33 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
2
0.1 / yr · last 35 yrs
Violations
7
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$2,000
$286 avg / violation
14% serious86% other
Inspection trigger · accident
2 of 2

50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 7 distinct standards shown · 7 citations in this view · $2,000 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 2940.0006 B0111$2,000Jan 1991Jan 1991
332011Jan 1991Jan 1991
4650 D11Jan 1991Jan 1991
29 CFR 2340.0016 A11Jan 1991Jan 1991
3577 E11Jan 1991Jan 1991
3578 G11Jan 1991Jan 1991
29 CFR 2340.002311Jan 1991Jan 1991

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

90th

Worse on violations than most other employers. Peer group: 119,380 employers. This establishment has 7 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
90th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
85th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Inspection breakdown

Accident
2

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Dec 28, 1992HEART,HEAD,HEART ATTACK,FATIGUE,SLIP,BACK,FALL,SLIPPERY SURFACE,CONTUSION11
Dec 24, 1990FRACTURE,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,UTILITY POLE,CUTOUT--GAFF,LEG11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
33 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 33+ years. Most recent activity: 33 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. (across 177 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$599.7M
Obligated (all-time)
$5.5B
Awards (all-time)
27,649

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1993-01-19Accident0$0
1991-01-11Accident71$2,000

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY is one of 1,594 establishments rolled up under the parent organization BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC across all 1,594 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, which operates 1,594 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 7 violations and $2,000 in total penalties.