The Original Mowbray's Tree Service Incorporated safety record at a glance
The Original Mowbray's Tree Service Incorporated has been the subject of 23 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 24, 2008 and May 23, 2023. 8 of them were referral inspections. 15 of them produced citations, 25 in all: 7 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $142,825 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $101,340. The largest single penalty, $36,750, came from an inspection opened May 4, 2016 in Bear Valley Springs. 3 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #428 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 Carmichael, Sacramento, Big Bear City, Mammoth Lakes, Concord, Tujunga, Palm Springs, Folsom.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2023 | Carmichael | Referral | 1 citation 1 serious | $9,560 | $5,625 | Jun 24, 2024 |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Sacramento | Referral | 1 citation | $425 | $425 | Mar 2, 2023 |
| Nov 10, 2022 | Big Bear City | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation 1 serious | $9,000 | $6,300 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| May 28, 2021 | Mammoth Lakes | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $27,425 | $21,425 | Mar 2, 2022 |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Concord | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,600 | $11,400 | Oct 7, 2024 |
| Aug 7, 2020 | Tujunga | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | open |
| Jul 31, 2020 | Palm Springs | Accident | 1 citation | $22,500 | $850 | May 4, 2022 |
| Jun 18, 2020 | Folsom | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 23, 2020 |
| Jan 8, 2020 | Visalia | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 18, 2020 |
| Jan 3, 2020 | Coulterville | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 10, 2020 |
| Dec 10, 2019 | Paradise | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 11, 2019 |
| Aug 16, 2018 | Mammoth Lakes | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Mar 4, 2019 |
| May 30, 2018 | Covina | Referral | 1 citation 1 repeat | $3,000 | $3,000 | Dec 6, 2018 |
| Sep 20, 2017 | Crescent City | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 26, 2017 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Calistoga | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 6, 2017 |
| Jun 14, 2017 | Mammoth Lakes | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2017 |
| Aug 2, 2016 | Elk Grove | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 2, 2016 |
| May 10, 2016 | Folsom | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Oct 3, 2016 |
| May 4, 2016 | Bear Valley Springs | Fatality or catastrophe | death 4 citations 2 serious | $36,750 | $36,750 | Feb 11, 2019 |
| Jan 14, 2016 | Redlands | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 | $6,750 | Aug 31, 2016 |
| Jun 2, 2015 | San Bernardino | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,090 | $1,090 | Oct 12, 2016 |
| Jul 20, 2012 | San Bernardino | Complaint | 2 citations | $480 | $480 | Jun 20, 2013 |
| Jun 24, 2008 | San Bernardino | Accident | 2 citations | $1,310 | $1,310 | Mar 24, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Original Mowbray's Tree Service Inc; The Original Mowbray's Tree Service; The Original Mowbray's Tree Service Inc.; The Original Mowbray's Tree Service Inc; The Original Mowbray's Tree Service, Incorporated; The Original Mowbray's Tree Service, Inc.; The Original Mowbray?s Tree Service Incorporated.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3421, Logging, general: 6 citations, 2 serious, $40,350
- 8 CCR 3427: 6 citations, 3 serious, $28,075
- 8 CCR 3424: 3 citations, 2 serious, $24,050
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, $995
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3280: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $605
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $560
Accidents investigated
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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. 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 The Original Mowbray's Tree Service Incorporated
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.