Paulus Engineering Inc safety record at a glance
Paulus Engineering Inc has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 21, 2008 and Oct 21, 2016. 3 of them were referral inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 10 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $25,090 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $16,240. The largest single penalty, $15,210, came from an inspection opened Mar 10, 2015 in Anaheim. That places the employer at #9,330 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Construction. Worksites in Mission Viejo, Anaheim, Orange, Newport Beach, Irvine, Fullerton.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2016 | Mission Viejo | Referral | 2 citations | $410 | $150 | Aug 29, 2017 |
| Aug 23, 2016 | Mission Viejo | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,090 | $675 | Nov 27, 2017 |
| Mar 10, 2015 | Anaheim | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $23,385 | $15,210 | Jun 6, 2017 |
| Jul 20, 2011 | Orange | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 26, 2011 |
| Apr 19, 2010 | Newport Beach | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 20, 2010 |
| Jul 22, 2009 | Irvine | Planned | 1 citation | $205 | $205 | Feb 9, 2010 |
| Aug 21, 2008 | Fullerton | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 16, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Paulus Engineering; Paulus Engineering, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $615
- 8 CCR 5042: 1 citation, 1 serious, $14,400
- 8 CCR 5044: 1 citation, $400
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 1524: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation
Local pages: Mission Viejo employment lawyer, Anaheim employment lawyer, Orange 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Paulus Engineering 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.