Paul Graham Drilling & Service CO safety record at a glance
Paul Graham Drilling & Service CO has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 25, 2001 and May 18, 2021. 8 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $82,165 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $60,155. The largest single penalty, $27,370, came from an inspection opened Dec 20, 2006 in Grimes. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #1,097 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Rio Vista, Calipatria, Lost Hills, Grimes, Walnut Grove.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2021 | Rio Vista | Accident | 1 citation | $700 | $700 | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Jun 4, 2018 | Calipatria | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 30, 2019 |
| Apr 17, 2018 | Rio Vista | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $37,135 | $15,635 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Jun 26, 2014 | Lost Hills | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 26, 2014 |
| Aug 14, 2012 | Rio Vista | Accident | death 4 citations | $2,260 | $1,750 | Jul 25, 2013 |
| Dec 20, 2006 | Grimes | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $27,370 | $27,370 | Feb 5, 2009 |
| Nov 7, 2002 | Walnut Grove | Accident | death 1 citation 1 serious | $14,400 | $14,400 | Sep 23, 2008 |
| Jul 25, 2001 | Rio Vista | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Dec 31, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Paul Graham Drilling and Service Company; Paul Graham Drilling and Service CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3326: 3 citations, 1 serious, $15,185
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 3 citations, $1,185
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4999: 1 citation, 1 serious, $14,400
- 8 CCR 3562: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,435
- 8 CCR 6507: 1 citation, $935
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $700
- 8 CCR 5155, Airborne contaminants: 1 citation, $565
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 Paul Graham Drilling & Service CO
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.