Rancho Tree Service safety record at a glance
Rancho Tree Service has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 23, 2011 and Jun 12, 2026. 1 of them were complaint inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $52,715 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $41,263. The largest single penalty, $16,263, came from an inspection opened Dec 23, 2011 in Bakersfield. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #2,118 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Bakersfield, Visalia, Santa Barbara.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Bakersfield | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Visalia | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $14,200 | $14,200 | open |
| Jul 22, 2019 | Santa Barbara | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation 1 serious | $10,800 | $10,800 | Feb 12, 2020 |
| Dec 23, 2011 | Bakersfield | Accident | 9 citations 3 serious | $27,715 | $16,263 | May 4, 2017 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3421, Logging, general: 3 citations, 1 serious, $393
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $1,135
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, 1 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 3428: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,800
- 8 CCR 3423: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,800
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,935
- 8 CCR 3384: 1 citation, $350
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $350
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Bakersfield employment lawyer, Visalia 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 Rancho Tree Service
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.