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Placement Pros Cal/OSHA Inspections and Citations

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Placement Pros: 37 inspections, 23 citations and $32,655 in penalties, 1 death investigated, latest opened Jun 27, 2017.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,853 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

Placement Pros safety record at a glance

Placement Pros has been the subject of 37 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 8, 2001 and Jun 27, 2017. 26 of them were accident inspections. 12 of them produced citations, 23 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $109,550 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $32,655. The largest single penalty, $9,000, came from an inspection opened Jul 27, 2016 in Fresno. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #3,084 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.

Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Other Services (except Public Administration). Worksites in Parlier, Fresno, Madera, Visalia, Exeter, Lemoore, Lindsay, Caruthers.

Every inspection, newest first

Click a date for the citations in that inspection.

OpenedCityWhyResultPenaltyClosed
Jun 27, 2017ParlierAccidentno citations$0Dec 1, 2017
May 24, 2017FresnoFollow-upopen, no citations yet$0open
Sep 22, 2016FresnoAccidentno citations$0Mar 16, 2017
Jul 27, 2016FresnoComplaint2 citations 1 serious$9,000
$16,870 proposed
Jul 18, 2018
Jun 10, 2016MaderaUnprogrammed relatedno citations$0Oct 4, 2016
Aug 27, 2014VisaliaAccidentno citations$0Dec 8, 2014
Apr 22, 2013ExeterUnprogrammed relatedno citations$0May 3, 2013
Apr 3, 2013LemooreAccidentno citations$0Jul 16, 2013
Apr 18, 2012MaderaAccidentno citations$0May 2, 2012
Feb 29, 2012LindsayAccidentno citations$0Mar 29, 2012
Nov 17, 2010CaruthersAccidentno citations$0Jan 12, 2011
Mar 23, 2010ExeterAccidentno citations$0Apr 18, 2011
Jan 28, 2010BakersfieldAccidentno citations$0Jan 28, 2010
Nov 17, 2009FresnoAccidentno citations$0Dec 17, 2009
Jun 18, 2009ExeterAccident1 citation$800Sep 7, 2012
Jun 18, 2009PortervilleAccident1 citation$750Oct 12, 2009
May 5, 2009VisaliaAccidentno citations$0Jun 11, 2009
Jan 5, 2009Union CityUnprogrammed related2 citations$1,495Apr 23, 2009
Nov 20, 2008Orange CoveAccident3 citations$5,745Nov 2, 2009
May 22, 2008FresnoAccident1 citation$280Dec 29, 2008
Feb 21, 2008TurlockAccidentno citations$0Apr 15, 2008
Feb 13, 2008VisaliaAccidentno citations$0Feb 13, 2008
Jan 28, 2008VisaliaComplaintno citations$0Jul 14, 2008
Nov 6, 2007MaderaComplaintno citations$0Nov 6, 2007
Mar 8, 2007Lemon CoveAccidentno citations$0Mar 8, 2007
Feb 22, 2007MercedAccidentno citations$0Jul 9, 2008
Sep 6, 2006SalinasAccidentno citations$0Mar 29, 2007
Aug 25, 2006FarmersvilleAccident1 citation$750
$18,000 proposed
Jan 4, 2008
Aug 9, 2006FresnoAccidentno citations$0Aug 9, 2006
Mar 24, 2006DelhiProgrammed related1 citation 1 serious$3,375
$6,750 proposed
Jun 18, 2007
Mar 13, 2006TraverAccident5 citations 1 serious$4,800
$19,050 proposed
Nov 29, 2006
Dec 13, 2005MercedProgrammed related3 citations 1 serious$4,350
$38,500 proposed
Jun 22, 2007
Jun 10, 2005FresnoAccidentno citations$0Jun 22, 2005
May 31, 2005MercedAccident1 citation$560Apr 16, 2007
May 6, 2003ExeterUnprogrammed relatedno citations$0Jul 18, 2003
Mar 22, 2002FresnoProgrammed relatedno citations$0Mar 22, 2002
Mar 8, 2001HanfordAccidentdeath 2 citations$750Aug 22, 2001

Also recorded as: Placement Pros, Inc.; Placement Pros Inc.

The rules this employer was cited under

Accidents investigated

May 25, 2017, Parlier. Employee is caught in roll stand and receives finger amputat 1 hospitalized Inspection
Mar 3, 2013, Lemoore. Employee's Finger Is Amputated in Sprocket Gear Inspection
Apr 5, 2012, Madera. Employee Partially Amputates Finger in Machine Inspection
Dec 2, 2011, Lindsay. Arm Caught in Conveyor Roller Inspection
Jul 29, 2010, Caruthers. Employee Is Found Unconcscious, Suffers Unspecified Injuries 1 hospitalized Inspection
Nov 10, 2009, Exeter. Employee's Thumb Is Amputated by Chain Conveyor 1 hospitalized Inspection
Oct 28, 2009, Bakersfield. Employee Catches Finger in Conveyor and Amputates Finger Tip Inspection
Jun 18, 2009, Fresno. Employee Sustains Reported Spider Bite 1 hospitalized Inspection
Mar 23, 2009, Visalia. Employees Amputates Finger in Chain Sprocket Drive Inspection
Mar 3, 2009, Porterville. Employee's Arm Is Fractured When Caught by Rollers 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jan 13, 2009, Exeter. Employee Amputates Finger in Roller Inspection
Jun 3, 2008, Orange Cove. Employee Loses Thumb in Conveyer Accident 1 hospitalized Inspection
Mar 21, 2008, Fresno. Employee's Arm Is Fractured by Drill Press 1 hospitalized Inspection
Feb 13, 2008, Turlock. STRUCK BY FEED BAG 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jan 22, 2008, Visalia. Employee Amputates Finger Removing Paper Inspection
Dec 9, 2006, Lemon Cove. Employee's Back Fractured in Fall from Ladder Due to Shock 1 hospitalized Inspection
Nov 7, 2006, Merced. Employee Amputates Fingertip in Bending Machine Inspection
Mar 27, 2006, Farmersville. Employee Is Burned While Lighting Gas Oven 1 hospitalized Inspection
Nov 3, 2005, Traver. Employee Loses Control of Hose and Is Burned by Hot Water 1 hospitalized Inspection
Dec 29, 2004, Fresno. Employee Is Crushed by Hydraulic Cylinder 1 hospitalized Inspection
Dec 8, 2004, Merced. Employee Suffers Partial Amputated Finger Inspection
Mar 7, 2001, Hanford. Employee killed when fork lift flips over 1 death Inspection
not stated, Visalia. Accident investigation Inspection

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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 Placement Pros

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 4, 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.

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