Inspection record, Mountain Ranch

Leslie Environmental Industries, LLC Cal/OSHA Inspection, Apr 7, 2017

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

Fatality or catastrophe inspection in Mountain Ranch: 2 citations, $900, 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 Leslie Environmental Industries, LLC at Whiskey Slide Road, Mountain Ranch (Calaveras County) on Apr 7, 2017. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 25 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 2 citations (0 serious) and proposed $22,050 in penalties; the current total is $900. 2 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Jan 4, 2022. 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(F), Logging, general General
Issued Jul 5, 2017. Proposed $4,050, current $450. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 13, 2017, final order Nov 9, 2021. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3427(B)(6) General
Issued Jul 5, 2017. Proposed $18,000, current $450. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 13, 2017, final order Nov 9, 2021. Read the rule.

The accident

Apr 6, 2017. Employee is struck by falling tree limb and is killed
Keywords: falling object,struck by,tree limb,tree trimming 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 342246519. 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 342246519, 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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