U.S. Forest Service Mendocino National Forest - Upper Lake Ranger District safety record at a glance
U.S. Forest Service Mendocino National Forest - Upper Lake Ranger District has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 30, 2011 and Sep 2, 2011. 16 of them were planned inspections. 15 of them produced citations, 47 in all: 32 serious. Inspectors proposed $0 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $0. That places the employer at #86,334 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration. Worksites in Upper Lake, Stonyford, Elk Creek, Red Bluff, Paskenta, Willows.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2011 | Upper Lake | Planned | 2 citations 2 serious | 0 | 0 | Feb 28, 2012 |
| Sep 2, 2011 | Upper Lake | Planned | 2 citations 2 serious | 0 | 0 | Dec 12, 2012 |
| Sep 2, 2011 | Upper Lake | Planned | 4 citations 4 serious | 0 | 0 | Feb 28, 2012 |
| Sep 2, 2011 | Upper Lake | Planned | 5 citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 20, 2013 |
| Sep 1, 2011 | Stonyford | Planned | 4 citations 4 serious | 0 | 0 | Feb 9, 2012 |
| Sep 1, 2011 | Stonyford | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 24, 2012 |
| Sep 1, 2011 | Stonyford | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Feb 9, 2012 |
| Sep 1, 2011 | Elk Creek | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Feb 13, 2012 |
| Sep 1, 2011 | Elk Creek | Planned | 4 citations 4 serious | 0 | 0 | Feb 24, 2012 |
| Aug 31, 2011 | Red Bluff | Planned | 2 citations 2 serious | 0 | 0 | Feb 9, 2012 |
| Aug 31, 2011 | Red Bluff | Planned | 3 citations 3 serious | 0 | 0 | Feb 9, 2012 |
| Aug 31, 2011 | Paskenta | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Feb 9, 2012 |
| Aug 31, 2011 | Paskenta | Planned | 5 citations 5 serious | 0 | 0 | Dec 5, 2012 |
| Aug 30, 2011 | Willows | Planned | 6 citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 10, 2013 |
| Aug 30, 2011 | Willows | Planned | 3 citations 3 serious | 0 | 0 | Feb 9, 2012 |
| Aug 30, 2011 | Willows | Planned | 4 citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 27, 2012 |
Also recorded as: U.S. Forest Service Mendocino National Forest - Grindstone Ranger District; US Forest Service Mendocino National Forest - Willows Fire Warehouse; U.S. Forest Service Mendocino National Forest - Lake Red Bluff Recreation Area; U.S. Forest Service Mendocino National Forest - Stonyford Work Center; U.S. Forest Service Mendocino National Forest - Paskenta Work Center; U.S. Forest Service Mendocino National Forest - Elk Creek Work Center; U.S. Forest Service Mendocino National Forest - Forest Supervisors Office.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1904.32: 9 citations
- 8 CCR 1910.37: 8 citations, 8 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.157: 6 citations, 6 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.215: 5 citations, 5 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.23: 3 citations, 3 serious
- 8 CCR 1960.66: 3 citations
- 8 CCR 1910.305: 3 citations, 3 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.22: 2 citations, 2 serious
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 U.S. Forest Service Mendocino National Forest - Upper Lake Ranger District
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.