MR. Rooter safety record at a glance
MR. Rooter has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 7, 2001 and Apr 15, 2008. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $12,945 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $11,400. The largest single penalty, $7,440, came from an inspection opened Aug 23, 2004 in Palmdale. That places the employer at #13,596 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: Construction. Worksites in Northridge, Lancaster, Palmdale, Camarillo, Oxnard, Malibu.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2008 | Northridge | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,245 | $700 | Oct 23, 2009 |
| Apr 8, 2008 | Lancaster | Referral | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Aug 23, 2004 | Palmdale | Complaint | 6 citations 2 serious | $7,440 | $7,440 | open |
| Oct 2, 2002 | Camarillo | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 9, 2002 |
| May 31, 2002 | Oxnard | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | May 31, 2002 |
| Oct 18, 2001 | Camarillo | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $2,885 | $2,885 | Sep 6, 2006 |
| Feb 7, 2001 | Malibu | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jun 6, 2001 |
Also recorded as: MR Rooter.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 341: 3 citations, $810
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 3 citations, $370
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 2 citations, 2 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 1593: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 341.4: 1 citation, $500
- 8 CCR 1510: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 1 citation, $85
Local pages: Lancaster employment lawyer, Palmdale 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. 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 MR. Rooter
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.