Pacific Coast Drilling Company Inc. safety record at a glance
Pacific Coast Drilling Company Inc. has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 15, 2007 and Oct 12, 2023. 3 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 12 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $36,125 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $33,340. The largest single penalty, $16,665, came from an inspection opened Oct 12, 2023 in Los Gatos. That places the employer at #2,967 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Construction. Worksites in Los Gatos, Bodega Bay, Santa Cruz, Inverness.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2023 | Los Gatos | Unprogrammed related | 7 citations 1 serious | $17,150 | $16,665 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Oct 28, 2019 | Bodega Bay | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $14,400 | $14,400 | May 11, 2020 |
| Jul 2, 2010 | Santa Cruz | Accident | 3 citations | $4,500 | $2,200 | Nov 13, 2010 |
| Jun 15, 2007 | Inverness | Accident | 1 citation | $75 | $75 | Mar 14, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Pacific Coast Drilling Company, Inc.; Pacific Coast Drilling Co.Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, 1 serious, $16,885
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 3 citations, 1 serious, $14,675
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 2 citations, $810
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $485
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $485
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Pacific Coast Drilling Company Inc.
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.