Color Spot Nurseries, Inc. safety record at a glance
Color Spot Nurseries, Inc. has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 24, 2000 and Jun 21, 2017. 6 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 41 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $98,115 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $69,130. The largest single penalty, $41,560, came from an inspection opened Jun 21, 2017 in Fallbrook. That places the employer at #863 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Fallbrook, Salinas, Carson, Lodi, Richmond.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2017 | Fallbrook | Accident | 5 citations 3 serious | $41,560 | $41,560 | open |
| Aug 20, 2015 | Salinas | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $14,625 | $5,975 | May 26, 2016 |
| Mar 26, 2015 | Fallbrook | Planned | 7 citations 1 serious | $4,580 | $8,500 | Dec 12, 2016 |
| Oct 21, 2013 | Salinas | Accident | 1 citation | $850 | $850 | Jan 18, 2014 |
| Jul 27, 2011 | Fallbrook | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 9, 2011 |
| Mar 30, 2011 | Salinas | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,745 | $3,070 | Feb 20, 2014 |
| Jun 3, 2010 | Carson | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 13, 2010 |
| Mar 19, 2009 | Salinas | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 24, 2009 |
| Aug 2, 2007 | Lodi | Planned | 4 citations | $1,305 | $1,305 | Oct 22, 2007 |
| Oct 10, 2002 | Richmond | Accident | 3 citations | $900 | $900 | Feb 20, 2003 |
| Apr 5, 2001 | Carson | Accident | 3 citations | $25,030 | $1,450 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Apr 6, 2000 | Carson | Follow-up | 1 citation | $475 | $475 | Jul 25, 2000 |
| Jan 24, 2000 | Salinas | Accident | 9 citations 1 serious | $5,045 | $5,045 | Nov 17, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Color Spot Nurseries; Color Spot Nurseries Inc; Color Spot Nurseries, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, $1,800
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 3 citations, $1,425
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 2 citations, 1 serious, $9,420
- 8 CCR 3653: 2 citations, 1 serious, $9,185
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,665
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $935
- 8 CCR 3578: 2 citations, $675
- 8 CCR 3577: 2 citations, $365
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Salinas employment lawyer, Carson employment lawyer.
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.
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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.