Inspection record, Phelan

Donald C Vickery Well Drilling Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jul 9, 2004

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

Accident inspection in Phelan: 4 citations, $11,235. 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 Donald C Vickery Well Drilling at Holly Road & Sheep Creek Rd, Phelan (San Bernardino County) on Jul 9, 2004. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 2 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 4 citations (1 serious) and proposed $11,235 in penalties; the current total is $11,235. The case closed on Nov 21, 2013.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 342 A, Reporting serious injuries and deaths General
Issued Nov 10, 2004. Proposed $175, current $175. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 24, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 461 A General
Issued Nov 10, 2004. Proposed $175, current $175. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 24, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 1509 A, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction) General
Issued Nov 10, 2004. Proposed $85, current $85. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 24, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 5034 B03 Serious
Issued Nov 10, 2004. Proposed $10,800, current $10,800. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 24, 2004, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Apr 11, 2001. Employee's Hand Caught Between Plate and Tower
Keywords: wire rope,ladder,caught between,truck,drill rig--non-oil,hand 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 307453761. 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 307453761, 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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