Great Scott Tree Service safety record at a glance
Great Scott Tree Service has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 17, 2001 and Jun 5, 2023. 7 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 25 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $34,884 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $30,264. The largest single penalty, $16,325, came from an inspection opened Jan 27, 2006 in West Hollywood. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #3,476 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Anaheim, Hawthorne, Irvine, Stanton, Brea, Orange, Aliso Viejo, Lake Forest.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2023 | Anaheim | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 15, 2023 |
| Sep 19, 2018 | Hawthorne | Complaint | 2 citations | $745 | Nov 19, 2018 |
| Apr 28, 2017 | Irvine | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 26, 2017 |
| Feb 22, 2017 | Stanton | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $3,600 $4,495 proposed | May 10, 2017 |
| Oct 20, 2016 | Brea | Referral | no citations | $0 | Dec 7, 2016 |
| Jul 19, 2016 | Orange | Accident | 4 citations | $4,540 $6,540 proposed | Sep 18, 2017 |
| Sep 10, 2015 | Irvine | Referral | 3 citations | $525 $1,740 proposed | Feb 9, 2021 |
| May 27, 2014 | Aliso Viejo | Accident | 2 citations | $400 $550 proposed | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Apr 16, 2014 | Lake Forest | Accident | death no citations | $0 | Apr 30, 2014 |
| Oct 11, 2012 | Mission Viejo | Accident | 1 citation | $200 | Jul 26, 2013 |
| Aug 4, 2008 | Carson | Accident | 1 citation | $160 | Mar 27, 2009 |
| Jul 6, 2006 | Stanton | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,494 | Feb 5, 2019 |
| Jan 27, 2006 | West Hollywood | Accident | death 2 citations 1 serious | $16,325 $16,685 proposed | Feb 18, 2008 |
| Jan 17, 2001 | Anaheim | Planned | 2 citations | $275 | Nov 8, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Great Scott Tree Service Inc; Great Scott Tree Service Inc.; Great Scott Tree Service, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, $875
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 4 citations, $720
- 8 CCR 3648, Operating Instructions (Aerial Devices): 2 citations, 1 serious, $16,475
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 2 citations, $1,120
- 8 CCR 3421, Logging, general: 2 citations, $685
- 8 CCR 3427, Safe Work Procedures: 2 citations, $620
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 2500.10, Pull at Joints and Terminals: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
Accidents investigated
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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 Great Scott Tree Service
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.