Inspection record, Rancho Santa Fe

OC Turf and Putting Greens Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jan 15, 2013

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Accident inspection in Rancho Santa Fe: 3 citations, $5,500. 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 OC Turf and Putting Greens at 18394 Via Ambiente, Rancho Santa Fe (San Diego County) on Jan 15, 2013. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 8 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 3 citations (0 serious) and proposed $5,500 in penalties; the current total is $5,500. 3 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Nov 24, 2014.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3203 A, Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued May 15, 2013. Proposed $325, current $325. 8 workers exposed. Contested May 29, 2013, final order Apr 3, 2014. Abatement due Jul 1, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3395 F03, Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued May 15, 2013. Proposed $175, current $175. 8 workers exposed. Contested May 29, 2013, final order Apr 3, 2014. Abatement due Jul 1, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 342 A, Reporting serious injuries and deaths General
Issued May 15, 2013. Proposed $5,000, current $5,000. 8 workers exposed. Contested May 29, 2013, final order Apr 3, 2014. Abatement due May 20, 2013, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Jan 10, 2013. Worker Is Injured When Hit by Falling Roll of Synthetic Turf
Keywords: loading,fracture,yarding,installing,construction,back,manual mat handling,struck by,foot 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 315347328. 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 315347328, 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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