Inspection record, Valley Springs

Diamond Engineering Services Cal/OSHA Inspection, Feb 12, 2019

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Accident inspection in Valley Springs: 3 citations, $6,975. 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 Diamond Engineering Services at 5616 Paloma Rd, Valley Springs (Calaveras County) on Feb 12, 2019. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 21 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 3 citations (2 serious) and proposed $10,455 in penalties; the current total is $6,975. 3 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Oct 1, 2019.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3664(C), Industrial trucks, operator training General
Issued Mar 14, 2019. Proposed $335, current $225. 2 workers exposed. Contested Apr 2, 2019, final order Jul 17, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3653(A) Serious
Issued Mar 14, 2019. Proposed $5,060, current $3,375. 2 workers exposed. Contested Apr 2, 2019, final order Jul 17, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3664(B), Industrial trucks, operator training Serious
Issued Mar 14, 2019. Proposed $5,060, current $3,375. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Contested Apr 2, 2019, final order Jul 17, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 342(A), Reporting serious injuries and deaths General deleted on appeal
Issued Mar 14, 2019. Proposed $5,000, current $0. 4 workers exposed. Contested Apr 2, 2019, final order Jul 17, 2019. Read the rule.

The accident

Jan 31, 2019. Employee is ejected and pinned under tractor in roll-over an
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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 343780201. 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 343780201, 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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