Inspection record, Pauma Valley

Sierra Land Group dba Sierra del Oro Cal/OSHA Inspection, Oct 12, 2010

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Accident inspection in Pauma Valley: 7 citations, $5,940. 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

Federal OSHA opened an accident inspection of Sierra Land Group dba Sierra del Oro at 15133 Sierra Lane, Pauma Valley (San Diego County) on Oct 12, 2010. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 18 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 7 citations (1 serious) and proposed $24,490 in penalties; the current total is $5,940. 5 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Sep 6, 2011.

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 Dec 22, 2010. Proposed $5,000, current $2,000. 18 workers exposed. Contested Jan 10, 2011, final order Aug 23, 2011. Abatement due Dec 27, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3203 A, Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Dec 22, 2010. Proposed $560, current $260. 4 instances. 18 workers exposed. Contested Jan 10, 2011, final order Aug 23, 2011. Abatement due Jan 24, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3395 E03, Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued Dec 22, 2010. Proposed $185, current $85. 18 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 17, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3428 A General
Issued Dec 22, 2010. Proposed $375, current $175. 8 workers exposed. Contested Jan 10, 2011, final order Aug 23, 2011. Abatement due Jan 24, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3439 B General
Issued Dec 22, 2010. Proposed $185, current $185. 18 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 17, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 3457 C01 C, Field sanitation General
Issued Dec 22, 2010. Proposed $185, current $85. 8 workers exposed. Contested Jan 10, 2011, final order Aug 23, 2011. Abatement due Jan 10, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3383 A Serious
Issued Dec 22, 2010. Proposed $18,000, current $3,150. 8 instances. 8 workers exposed. Contested Jan 10, 2011, final order Aug 23, 2011. Abatement due Dec 27, 2010, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Oct 4, 2010. Employee's Leg Is Lacerated and Fractured by Chainsaw
Keywords: fracture,tree limb,agriculture,chain saw,laceration,struck by,tree trimming,leg 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 312684491. 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 312684491, 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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