Inspection record, Aliso Viejo

A Growing Concern Landscapes, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Nov 19, 2018

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Accident inspection in Aliso Viejo: 5 citations, $9,125. One of 2 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 A Growing Concern Landscapes, Inc. at 26932 la Paz Rd., Aliso Viejo (Orange County) on Nov 19, 2018. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 6 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 5 citations (2 serious) and proposed $15,225 in penalties; the current total is $9,125. The case closed on Mar 26, 2019. The employer has 1 other inspection 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 3421(C), Logging, general General
Issued Feb 27, 2019. Proposed $650, current $500. 6 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3421(M), Logging, general General
Issued Feb 27, 2019. Proposed $605, current $375. 8 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3421(I), Logging, general General
Issued Feb 27, 2019. Proposed $810, current $375. 8 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3424(C)(8) Serious
Issued Feb 27, 2019. Proposed $7,310, current $4,500. 3 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3427(A)(3)(A) Serious
Issued Feb 27, 2019. Proposed $5,850, current $3,375. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.

The accident

Nov 5, 2018. Employee falls from tree and sustains multiple injuries
Keywords: abdomen,contusion,fall,fall protection,neck,rope,tree,tree trimming

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 343609772. 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 343609772, 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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