Drain Patrol safety record at a glance
Drain Patrol has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 21, 2000 and Apr 1, 2003. 2 of them were complaint inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $14,560 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $11,860. The largest single penalty, $6,010, came from an inspection opened Jan 21, 2000 in San Diego. That places the employer at #13,092 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Irvine, San Francisco, San Diego.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2003 | Irvine | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $4,425 $7,125 proposed | Jan 7, 2005 |
| Sep 25, 2000 | San Francisco | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $1,425 | Dec 8, 2000 |
| May 9, 2000 | San Diego | Programmed related | no citations | $0 | Jul 3, 2000 |
| Jan 21, 2000 | San Diego | Planned | 3 citations 2 serious | $6,010 | Jul 23, 2002 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 2 citations, 2 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 3577, Protection Devices: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 3578, Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 341.1, Issuance of Permits: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 2340.22, Identification of Equipment: 1 citation, $160
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 1 citation, $75
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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 Drain Patrol
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.