What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of Altamira Labor Service, Inc. at 16897 Highway 43, Wasco (Kern County) on Dec 3, 2019. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 101 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 1 citation (1 serious) and proposed $7,650 in penalties; the current total is $7,650. 1 citation was contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Sep 28, 2020. 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.
Issued Feb 27, 2020. Proposed $7,650, current $7,650. 1 workers exposed. Contested Mar 17, 2020, final order Sep 14, 2020. Read the rule.
The accident
Keywords: blunt force,blunt force trauma,contusion,ejected,elevated work plat,elevated work platform,fall,fall from elevation,fall protection,forklift,machine operator,piv,powered industrial vehicle,unstable position,unstable surface
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 344483623. 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 344483623, 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 A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change.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.