California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection safety record at a glance
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has been the subject of 20 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 13, 2015 and Apr 10, 2026. 16 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 12 serious, 2 repeat. Inspectors proposed $256,780 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $210,350. The largest single penalty, $58,950, came from an inspection opened Apr 17, 2025 in Santa Cruz. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #97 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration. Worksites in Porterville, Placerville, Helena, Santa Cruz, Somis, Oak View, Corralitos, Yountville.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2026 | Porterville | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $9,560 | $9,560 | open |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Placerville | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 16, 2026 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Helena | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $25,000 | $25,000 | open |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Santa Cruz | Accident | 4 citations 4 serious | $58,950 | $58,950 | open |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Somis | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $11,250 | $7,870 | open |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Santa Cruz | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 25, 2024 |
| Aug 28, 2023 | Oak View | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 30, 2024 |
| Jun 19, 2023 | Corralitos | Accident | 1 citation 1 repeat | $27,000 | $27,000 | open |
| Feb 21, 2023 | Santa Cruz | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 1 serious | $48,600 | $16,800 | open |
| May 20, 2022 | Yountville | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious 1 repeat | $28,500 | $17,250 | Aug 26, 2024 |
| May 5, 2022 | Sanger | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 18, 2022 |
| Apr 19, 2022 | Perris | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Nov 4, 2019 | Healdsburg | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 4, 2020 |
| Aug 7, 2019 | Clayton | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $11,470 | $11,470 | Oct 7, 2024 |
| Jun 11, 2019 | Riverside | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 27, 2019 |
| Mar 18, 2019 | Mountain Ranch | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | open |
| Jan 4, 2018 | Santa Clarita | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Jamestown | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 11, 2017 |
| Jan 11, 2017 | Leggett | Accident | 2 citations | $18,450 | $18,450 | Feb 5, 2019 |
| Apr 13, 2015 | Banning | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 8, 2015 |
Also recorded as: California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection; California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 7 citations, 5 serious, $90,280
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, 1 serious, $36,300
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 2 serious, $25,650
- 8 CCR 3421, Logging, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3270: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,800
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, 1 serious, $7,870
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, $3,000
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. 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 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
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.