Layne Christensen Company safety record at a glance
Layne Christensen Company has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 2, 2001 and May 9, 2016. 5 of them were planned inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $36,380 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $25,575. The largest single penalty, $18,840, came from an inspection opened May 9, 2016 in Chula Vista. That places the employer at #4,539 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Construction. Worksites in Chula Vista, San Francisco, Corcoran, Sacramento, Brawley, City of Industry, Woodland, Forestville.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2016 | Chula Vista | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $18,840 $25,310 proposed | Nov 5, 2018 |
| Aug 14, 2015 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $300 | Feb 12, 2016 |
| May 7, 2015 | San Francisco | Programmed related | 5 citations | $2,810 | Jan 13, 2016 |
| Nov 6, 2014 | San Francisco | Programmed related | 1 citation | $450 | Jan 13, 2016 |
| Jul 3, 2014 | Corcoran | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 30, 2014 |
| Aug 8, 2007 | Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation | $1,000 $5,000 proposed | Jun 11, 2009 |
| Dec 6, 2006 | Brawley | Programmed related | 3 citations | $1,200 | Feb 15, 2007 |
| Nov 6, 2006 | City of Industry | Complaint | 1 citation | $225 $560 proposed | Feb 1, 2007 |
| Apr 4, 2006 | Woodland | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | May 3, 2007 |
| Jun 24, 2002 | Sacramento | Planned | 1 citation | $0 | Jul 22, 2002 |
| May 3, 2002 | Sacramento | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | May 8, 2002 |
| Nov 6, 2001 | Forestville | Planned | no citations | $0 | Nov 6, 2001 |
| Nov 1, 2001 | Forestville | Planned | 1 citation | $0 | Nov 13, 2001 |
| Oct 2, 2001 | Forestville | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | Oct 16, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Layne Christensen.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, $1,780
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 2 citations, $600
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $1,000
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 2500.10, Pull at Joints and Terminals: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 1743: 1 citation, $450
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Chula Vista employment lawyer, San Francisco 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. 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 Layne Christensen 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.