Inspection record, Wasco

El Coyol Trucking LLC Cal/OSHA Inspection, Sep 13, 2022

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Fatality or catastrophe inspection in Wasco: 7 citations, $23,735, 1 death investigated. 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 El Coyol Trucking LLC at 28339 Kimberlina Rd., Wasco (Kern County) on Sep 13, 2022. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 8 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 7 citations (3 serious) and proposed $33,185 in penalties; the current total is $23,735. The case closed on Feb 17, 2025. 1 worker died in the event that led to this inspection.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3664(A), Industrial trucks, operator training General
Issued Mar 6, 2023. Proposed $175, current $175. 5 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3203(A), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Mar 6, 2023. Proposed $175, current $175. 5 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3395(I), Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued Mar 6, 2023. Proposed $175, current $175. 5 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3668(D)(2), Powered industrial trucks, training General
Issued Mar 6, 2023. Proposed $260, current $260. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 21, 2023, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3650(T)(6), Industrial trucks, operating rules Serious
Issued Mar 6, 2023. Proposed $10,800, current $5,400. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 16, 2023, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3663(G) Serious
Issued Mar 6, 2023. Proposed $8,100, current $4,050. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 16, 2023, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 3650(S), Industrial trucks, operating rules Serious
Issued Mar 6, 2023. Proposed $13,500, current $13,500. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 16, 2023, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Sep 13, 2022. Employee is killed when struck by falling forklift attachmen
Keywords: backing up,blunt force,blunt force trauma,crushed,crushing,falling object,forks,lift operator ,powered industrial vehicle,spotter ,struck by 1 death

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 346224892. 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 346224892, 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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