Inspection record, Goleta

Dos Pueblos Ranch Holdings LLC Cal/OSHA Inspection, Oct 27, 2007

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Accident inspection in Goleta: 5 citations, $19,800, 1 death investigated. 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 Dos Pueblos Ranch Holdings LLC at Dos Pueblos Canyon Rd., 1/4 Mile W. 1.1 Mile N., Goleta (Santa Barbara County) on Oct 27, 2007. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 11 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 5 citations (2 serious) and proposed $19,800 in penalties; the current total is $19,800. The case closed on Jul 10, 2008. 1 worker died in the event that led to this inspection.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3421 A, Logging, general General
Issued Jan 2, 2008. Proposed $300, current $300. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 19, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3421 J, Logging, general General
Issued Jan 2, 2008. Proposed $300, current $300. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 19, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3428 A General
Issued Jan 2, 2008. Proposed $300, current $300. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 19, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3421 D, Logging, general Serious
Issued Jan 4, 2008. Proposed $6,300, current $6,300. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 21, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3381 A Serious
Issued Jan 2, 2008. Proposed $12,600, current $12,600. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 12, 2008, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Oct 26, 2007. Employee Is Killled When Struck in Head by Falling Tree Limb
Keywords: fracture,head,tree limb,chain saw,struck by,concussion 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 310199153. 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 310199153, 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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