Inspection record, Lake Forest

Pinnacle Plastering, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Sep 27, 2017

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Accident inspection in Lake Forest: 6 citations, $35,615. 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 an accident inspection of Pinnacle Plastering, Inc. at 70 Auto Center Dr., Lake Forest (Orange County) on Sep 27, 2017. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 7 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 6 citations (3 serious) and proposed $54,990 in penalties; the current total is $35,615. 6 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case is still open. 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 1509(C), Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction) General
Issued Feb 1, 2018. Proposed $560, current $560. 6 workers exposed. Contested Feb 12, 2018, final order Jun 24, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3395(H), Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued Feb 1, 2018. Proposed $560, current $560. 9 instances. 6 workers exposed. Contested Feb 12, 2018, final order Jun 24, 2019. Abatement due Mar 8, 2018, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3395(I)(1), Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued Feb 1, 2018. Proposed $185, current $185. 6 workers exposed. Contested Feb 12, 2018, final order Jun 24, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 1509(A), Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction) Serious
Issued Feb 1, 2018. Proposed $20,250, current $6,750. 6 workers exposed. Contested Feb 12, 2018, final order Jun 24, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 1637(C), Scaffold planking Serious
Issued Feb 1, 2018. Proposed $25,000, current $22,500. 2 workers exposed. Contested Feb 12, 2018, final order Jun 24, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 1637(L), Scaffold planking Serious
Issued Feb 1, 2018. Proposed $8,435, current $5,060. 6 workers exposed. Contested Feb 12, 2018, final order Jun 24, 2019. Read the rule.

The accident

Sep 22, 2017. Employee falls when scaffold collapses and incurs multiple i
Keywords: ankle,face,fall,fall protection,knee,residential construction,scaffold,structural collapse,unsecured,wrist 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 342665270. 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 342665270, 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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