Plumbing Concepts, Inc. safety record at a glance
Plumbing Concepts, Inc. has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 24, 2004 and Apr 21, 2025. 4 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 23 in all: 7 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $187,105 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $98,910. The largest single penalty, $32,450, came from an inspection opened Jul 11, 2018 in Brea. That places the employer at #455 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Escondido, Stanton, Palm Desert, Brea, Irvine, Huntington Beach, San Clemente, Yorba Linda.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2025 | Escondido | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $19,120 | $19,120 | open |
| Mar 28, 2023 | Stanton | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 27, 2023 |
| Apr 7, 2022 | Palm Desert | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 31, 2022 |
| Jul 11, 2018 | Brea | Unprogrammed related | 7 citations 3 serious 1 repeat | $91,935 | $32,450 | Dec 12, 2022 |
| Feb 18, 2016 | Irvine | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $50,560 | $23,850 | Aug 3, 2017 |
| Feb 11, 2014 | Huntington Beach | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | Feb 22, 2016 |
| Jul 19, 2011 | Irvine | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 22, 2011 |
| Jun 16, 2009 | San Clemente | Planned | 4 citations | $990 | $990 | Dec 30, 2009 |
| Feb 24, 2004 | Yorba Linda | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $19,500 | $19,500 | Oct 9, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Plumbing Concepts Inc; Plumbing Concepts Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 6 citations, 3 serious, $27,505
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 2 citations, 2 serious, $23,400
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $8,000
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $935
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $935
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $725
- 8 CCR 1512, Emergency medical services (construction): 2 citations, $455
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Escondido 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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Plumbing Concepts, 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.