Inspection record, Valley Springs

California Waste Recovery Systems, LLC Cal/OSHA Inspection, Aug 3, 2016

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

Planned inspection in Valley Springs: 7 citations, $1,675. One of 4 inspections on this employer's 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 a planned inspection of California Waste Recovery Systems, LLC at 3330 E Highway 12, Valley Springs (Calaveras County) on Aug 3, 2016. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. 15 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 7 citations (0 serious) and proposed $1,675 in penalties; the current total is $1,675. The case closed on Oct 31, 2016. The employer has 3 other inspections on its California record.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 4300.30(a) General
Issued Oct 7, 2016. Proposed $375, current $375. 15 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 7, 2016, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 2473.1(a) General
Issued Oct 7, 2016. Proposed $185, current $185. 15 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 7, 2016, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3210(A), Guardrails at elevated locations General
Issued Oct 7, 2016. Proposed $185, current $185. 15 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 7, 2016, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3214(B), Stair rails and handrails General
Issued Oct 7, 2016. Proposed $185, current $185. 15 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 7, 2016, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3319(E) General
Issued Oct 7, 2016. Proposed $185, current $185. 8 instances. 15 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 7, 2016, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 3668(F), Powered industrial trucks, training General
Issued Oct 7, 2016. Proposed $375, current $375. 15 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 7, 2016, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 4650(D) General
Issued Oct 7, 2016. Proposed $185, current $185. 2 instances. 15 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 7, 2016, completed. Read the rule.

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 341669356. 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 341669356, 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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