Ganahl Lumber Company safety record at a glance
Ganahl Lumber Company has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 10, 2003 and Dec 18, 2025. 12 of them were accident inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $55,850 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $16,080. The largest single penalty, $8,940, came from an inspection opened Aug 6, 2004 in Anaheim. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #9,492 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade. Worksites in La Habra Heights, Altadena, Palm Desert, La Crescenta, Costa Mesa, Anaheim, Los Alamitos, Yorba Linda.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2025 | La Habra Heights | Accident | 2 citations | $980 | Jun 1, 2026 |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Altadena | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 17, 2026 |
| Jan 19, 2023 | Palm Desert | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| Apr 26, 2021 | La Crescenta | Accident | 2 citations | $485 $605 proposed | Sep 15, 2022 |
| Dec 21, 2019 | Costa Mesa | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation | $600 $22,500 proposed | Oct 3, 2022 |
| Aug 29, 2019 | Anaheim | Accident | 2 citations | $560 | open |
| Jun 6, 2018 | Los Alamitos | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 29, 2019 |
| Apr 13, 2015 | Yorba Linda | Accident | 1 citation | $3,000 $5,000 proposed | Jan 28, 2017 |
| Jul 8, 2014 | Los Alamitos | Accident | 3 citations | $1,215 | Jun 1, 2015 |
| Jul 8, 2008 | Los Alamitos | Programmed other | no citations | $0 | Jul 17, 2008 |
| Oct 4, 2006 | Corona | Accident | 1 citation | $300 $750 proposed | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Dec 10, 2004 | Costa Mesa | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 9, 2008 |
| Aug 6, 2004 | Anaheim | Accident | 7 citations 5 serious | $8,940 $24,240 proposed | May 2, 2013 |
| Jun 10, 2003 | Capistrano Beach | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 31, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Ganahl Lumber; Ganahl Lumber CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4300, Circular Ripsaws Manual Feed (Class B): 3 citations, 3 serious, $3,240
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $895
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $430
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4318, Planing, Moulding, Sticking, and Matching Machines: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $560
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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Ganahl Lumber Company
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.