Ponder Environmental Services, Inc. safety record at a glance
Ponder Environmental Services, Inc. has been the subject of 3 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 26, 2018 and Sep 8, 2025. 1 of them were fatality or catastrophe inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 10 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $130,735 in penalties, and that total stands. The largest single penalty, $130,250, came from an inspection opened Sep 8, 2025 in Sacramento. That places the employer at #259 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Sacramento, Pittsburg, Glen Ellen.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2025 | Sacramento | Fatality or catastrophe | 9 citations 8 serious | $130,250 | open |
| Aug 5, 2021 | Pittsburg | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 11, 2022 |
| Jan 26, 2018 | Glen Ellen | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $485 | Aug 31, 2018 |
Also recorded as: Ponder Environmental Services Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1953, Permit-Required Confined Space Program: 5 citations, 5 serious, $81,000
- 8 CCR 1952, Confined Spaces in Construction (Refs & Annos), general requirements: 2 citations, 2 serious, $32,400
- 8 CCR 1956: 1 citation, 1 serious, $16,200
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $650
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $485
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento 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 Ponder Environmental Services, 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 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.