Western Tree Nursery, Inc safety record at a glance
Western Tree Nursery, Inc has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 26, 2015 and Sep 4, 2024. 3 of them were planned inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 22 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $10,115 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $8,025. The largest single penalty, $4,820, came from an inspection opened Mar 26, 2015 in Gilroy. That places the employer at #17,494 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Oroville, Gilroy.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2024 | Oroville | Planned | no citations | $0 | Feb 28, 2025 |
| May 17, 2023 | Gilroy | Planned | 7 citations | $2,240 $2,940 proposed | Mar 10, 2025 |
| Apr 8, 2015 | Gilroy | Programmed related | 4 citations | $965 | May 9, 2016 |
| Apr 8, 2015 | Gilroy | Programmed related | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Mar 26, 2015 | Gilroy | Planned | 11 citations 2 serious | $4,820 $6,210 proposed | Feb 7, 2017 |
Also recorded as: Western Tree Nursery Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2473.1, Conductors Entering Boxes, Cabinets, or Fittings: 2 citations, $495
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,250
- 8 CCR 3578, Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding: 1 citation, $500
- 8 CCR 4051, Projecting Shaft Ends: 1 citation, $485
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 3577, Protection Devices: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3319, Fueling: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 2473.2, Covers and Canopies: 1 citation, $335
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Western Tree Nursery, 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.