Inspection record, Yreka

U.S. Forest Service Cal/OSHA Inspection, May 19, 2004

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Accident inspection in Yreka: 1 citation, $0, 1 death investigated. One of 23 inspections on this employer's record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,853 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

What happened in this inspection

Federal OSHA opened an accident inspection of U.S. Forest Service at 1312 Fairlane Road, Yreka (Siskiyou County) on May 19, 2004. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. The record lists 30 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected, with union representation. The employer is a federal government body. Inspectors issued 1 citation (1 serious) and proposed $0 in penalties, which stands as the current total. The case closed on Jul 20, 2004. 1 worker died in the event that led to this inspection. The employer has 22 other inspections on its California record.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01001: 29 CFR 1960.8(a), Agency responsibilities Serious
Issued May 27, 2004. Proposed $0, current $0. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 15, 2004, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

May 17, 2004. Employee collapses and dies in forest
Keywords: heart attack 1 death

Your rights

If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 109331934. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 109331934, checked Nov 4, 2026. How to read a record. 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.

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