Inspection record, Los Gatos

Peninsula Open Space Trust Cal/OSHA Inspection, May 23, 2019

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Accident inspection in Los Gatos: 5 citations, $23,240. 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 Peninsula Open Space Trust at 1000 Mountain Charlie Rd., Los Gatos (Santa Cruz County) on May 23, 2019. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 40 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 5 citations (1 serious) and proposed $23,240 in penalties; the current total is $23,240. The case closed on Oct 25, 2019.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3395(I), Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued Sep 30, 2019. Proposed $410, current $410. 10 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3395(H)(1), Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued Sep 30, 2019. Proposed $410, current $410. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 23, 2019, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3380(C), Personal protective equipment General
Issued Sep 30, 2019. Proposed $410, current $410. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3328(A)(2), Machinery and equipment, general General
Issued Sep 30, 2019. Proposed $410, current $410. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3203(A), Injury and Illness Prevention Program Serious
Issued Sep 30, 2019. Proposed $21,600, current $21,600. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.

The accident

May 22, 2019. Employee fractures vertebrae after being thrown from ATV
Keywords: atv,back,ejected,fracture,injury illness prevention program,motor vehicle,motorcycle,ppe,riding on equipment,roll-over,slippery surface,spine,unstable position,unstable soil,unstable surface,vehicle,vertebra 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 344037791. 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 344037791, 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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