Pacific Southwest Lumber safety record at a glance
Pacific Southwest Lumber has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 14, 2001 and Aug 21, 2019. 2 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 16 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $39,875 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $24,640. The largest single penalty, $14,485, came from an inspection opened Aug 21, 2019 in Fontana. That places the employer at #4,836 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Fontana.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2019 | Fontana | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $14,485 $22,235 proposed | Jul 14, 2020 |
| Jan 22, 2019 | Fontana | Planned | 5 citations 3 serious | $4,050 $9,775 proposed | Apr 16, 2019 |
| Oct 26, 2011 | Fontana | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Dec 2, 2011 |
| Mar 18, 2010 | Fontana | Planned | 3 citations 2 serious | $3,525 $5,285 proposed | Feb 11, 2011 |
| Dec 14, 2001 | Fontana | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $2,580 | Jun 30, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Pacific Southwest Lumber Corp.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4306, Underhung Swing Cut-Off Saws, Inverted Swing Cut-Off Saws, Jump Saws, Underslung Saws: 2 citations, 2 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $310
- 8 CCR 4296, Woodworking Machines and Equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $12,600
- 8 CCR 4185, Foot-Operated Devices: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,025
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 4300.1, Table Saws - Manual Feed (Class B): 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,350
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,350
- 8 CCR 4075, Gears and Sprockets: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,350
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fontana 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 Pacific Southwest 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.