Inspection record, Potter Valley

Oak Point Ranch Cal/OSHA Inspection, Oct 14, 2009

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Accident inspection in Potter Valley: 5 citations, $1,290. The employer's only inspection on record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

What happened in this inspection

Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of Oak Point Ranch at 9775 West Rd, Potter Valley (Mendocino County) on Oct 14, 2009. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 22 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 5 citations (1 serious) and proposed $2,970 in penalties; the current total is $1,290. The case closed on Apr 8, 2010.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3203 A07 F, Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Jan 12, 2010. Proposed $435, current $100. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 15, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3314 C, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Jan 12, 2010. Proposed $90, current $90. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 15, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3314 G02, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Jan 12, 2010. Proposed $435, current $200. 4 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 15, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3441 A, Agricultural equipment operation General
Issued Jan 12, 2010. Proposed $435, current $0. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 15, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4184 B, Cranes and derricks, general Serious
Issued Jan 12, 2010. Proposed $1,575, current $900. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 15, 2010, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Oct 5, 2009. Vineyard Employee Fractures Finger in Harvester Fan
Keywords: fracture,fan blade,agriculture,finger,farm machinery,lockout,struck by 1 hospitalized

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 125531913. 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 125531913, checked Nov 1, 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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