Cal Grade Inc safety record at a glance
Cal Grade Inc has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 10, 2008 and May 9, 2022. 12 of them were planned inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $1,455 in penalties, and that total stands. The largest single penalty, $545, came from an inspection opened Mar 21, 2017 in Niland. That places the employer at #45,717 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Niland, Brawley, Ocotillo.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2022 | Niland | Planned | 2 citations | $260 | Jul 21, 2022 |
| Feb 25, 2021 | Niland | Planned | no citations | $0 | Mar 23, 2021 |
| Oct 17, 2019 | Niland | Planned | 1 citation | $110 | Nov 12, 2019 |
| Jul 18, 2018 | Niland | Planned | 1 citation | $90 | Oct 1, 2018 |
| Mar 21, 2017 | Niland | Planned | 2 citations | $545 | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Aug 22, 2016 | Niland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 26, 2016 |
| Jul 1, 2016 | Brawley | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 4, 2016 |
| Mar 8, 2016 | Niland | Planned | no citations | $0 | Apr 14, 2016 |
| Sep 10, 2014 | Niland | Planned | no citations | $0 | Sep 12, 2014 |
| Oct 27, 2011 | Niland | Planned | 2 citations | $200 | Dec 6, 2011 |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Niland | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Mar 21, 2011 |
| Feb 2, 2011 | Niland | Planned | 2 citations | $175 | Dec 15, 2011 |
| Jan 26, 2010 | Ocotillo | Planned | 1 citation | $75 | Apr 29, 2010 |
| Oct 16, 2008 | Niland | Planned | no citations | $0 | Oct 27, 2008 |
| Jan 10, 2008 | Ocotillo | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jan 15, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Cal/Grade Inc; Cal Grade Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $350
- 8 CCR 2500.25, Maintenance of Outer Sheath: 1 citation, $195
- 8 CCR 2340.26, Mechanical Protection: 1 citation, $130
- 8 CCR 2500.10, Pull at Joints and Terminals: 1 citation, $130
- 8 CCR 1593, Haulage Vehicle Operation: 1 citation, $110
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $100
- 8 CCR 2473.1, Conductors Entering Boxes, Cabinets, or Fittings: 1 citation, $100
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $100
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 Cal Grade 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.