Arborworks, Inc. safety record at a glance
Arborworks, Inc. has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 2, 2016 and Jul 20, 2023. 6 of them were referral inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $48,100 in penalties; with later additions, such as failure-to-abate penalties, the current total is $51,570. The largest single penalty, $32,000, came from an inspection opened Dec 1, 2016 in Coulterville. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #1,404 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Construction. Worksites in Madera, Coulterville, Coarsegold, Boulder Creek, Sonora, Paradise, Merced, Avalon.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2023 | Madera | Referral | no citations | $0 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| Jul 21, 2022 | Coulterville | Referral | no citations | $0 | Oct 18, 2022 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | Coarsegold | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | $0 | Dec 28, 2021 |
| Nov 12, 2020 | Boulder Creek | Accident | 2 citations | $18,675 $24,750 proposed | May 19, 2025 |
| Apr 2, 2020 | Sonora | Referral | no citations | $0 | Apr 2, 2020 |
| Dec 10, 2019 | Paradise | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 10, 2020 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Coulterville | Referral | no citations | $0 | Jan 28, 2020 |
| May 21, 2019 | Merced | Referral | no citations | $0 | Aug 8, 2019 |
| Dec 18, 2018 | Paradise | Referral | no citations | $0 | Jun 10, 2019 |
| Dec 1, 2016 | Coulterville | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations 1 serious | $32,000 | May 19, 2020 |
| Feb 2, 2016 | Avalon | Complaint | 3 citations | $895 $4,550 proposed | Jan 27, 2017 |
Also recorded as: Arborworks Inc; Arborworks Inc.; Arborworks LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3427, Safe Work Procedures: 2 citations, 1 serious, $32,000
- 8 CCR 3424, Mobile Equipment: 1 citation, $18,000
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, $675
- 8 CCR 3421, Logging, general: 1 citation, $675
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $110
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $110
Accidents investigated
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Arborworks, 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.