West Coast Turf safety record at a glance
West Coast Turf has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 22, 2005 and Oct 9, 2026. 4 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $56,195 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $18,650. The largest single penalty, $8,010, came from an inspection opened Feb 15, 2024 in Escondido. That places the employer at #7,528 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Manufacturing. Worksites in Thermal, Livingston, Escondido, Patterson, Winchester, Palm Desert.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | Thermal | Planned | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Livingston | Planned | 1 citation | $1,000 $5,400 proposed | open |
| Feb 15, 2024 | Escondido | Accident | 5 citations | $8,010 $21,220 proposed | Jan 8, 2025 |
| Mar 8, 2023 | Thermal | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 2 serious | $2,925 $13,500 proposed | Jan 31, 2024 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Livingston | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 19, 2019 |
| Jun 13, 2018 | Livingston | Complaint | 1 citation | $3,000 $7,200 proposed | Feb 6, 2019 |
| Jun 26, 2017 | Patterson | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 3, 2017 |
| Jun 17, 2015 | Livingston | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 17, 2015 |
| Aug 1, 2014 | Winchester | Referral | 4 citations | $2,450 $7,610 proposed | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Jul 17, 2012 | Escondido | Planned | 5 citations | $965 | Oct 16, 2012 |
| Jun 22, 2005 | Palm Desert | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | Oct 9, 2006 |
Also recorded as: West Coast Turf, Inc; West Coast Turf, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $3,150
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3653, Seat Belts: 2 citations, $310
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 1 citation, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $2,000
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $1,000
- 8 CCR 3439, First-Aid Kit: 1 citation, $700
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. 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 West Coast Turf
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.