Mad River Lumber safety record at a glance
Mad River Lumber has been the subject of 3 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 26, 2001 and May 25, 2021. 2 of them were accident inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $21,395 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $12,735. The largest single penalty, $12,210, came from an inspection opened May 25, 2021 in Arcata. That places the employer at #12,242 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Arcata.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2021 | Arcata | Planned | 12 citations 3 serious | $20,870 | $12,210 | Sep 21, 2022 |
| Jul 21, 2004 | Arcata | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 1, 2004 |
| Jan 26, 2001 | Arcata | Accident | 2 citations | $525 | $525 | Dec 31, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Mad River Lumber, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $5,075
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, 2 serious, $3,960
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $200
- 8 CCR 4051: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 5097: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $200
- 8 CCR 2530.107: 1 citation, $150
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. 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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Mad River Lumber
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 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.