Rule record, Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections

8 CCR 1953: Cal/OSHA Citations

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Every Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspection that cited 8 CCR 1953 since 2000: 16 inspections, 34 citations, $267,695 in penalties, newest first.

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.

Cal/OSHA inspections under 8 CCR 1953 at a glance

Since 2000, 16 California inspections have cited 8 CCR 1953, 34 citations in all, 22 of them serious, carrying $267,695 in penalties after appeals. In the last 12 months 0 inspections opened. The industries inspected most here are Construction (12), Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (1), Manufacturing (1).

Where it is cited most: San Diego (4), Sacramento (3), Los Angeles (3), Alameda (3), San Mateo (1), Napa (1), Orange (1).

All inspections, newest first

16 inspections. Click a date for the citations.

EmployerCityOpenedWhyResultPenalty
Pacific Northern Environmental LLCSacramentoSep 8, 2025Unprogrammed related11 citations 10 serious$180,750
Ponder Environmental Services, Inc.SacramentoSep 8, 2025Fatality or catastrophe9 citations 8 serious$130,250
Azul Works, Inc.NapaAug 8, 2025Complaint6 citations 3 serious$27,000
DI Industrial Coatings, Inc.BonsallFeb 19, 2025Accident7 citations 2 serious$24,415
Parada Painting Inc.RamonaDec 20, 2024Accident8 citations 2 serious$18,900
Security Paving Company, Inc.SunolFeb 3, 2023Accident11 citations 4 serious 2 repeat$77,005
Miller Plumbing IncArcadiaNov 14, 2022Accident10 citations 2 serious$8,540
Aberle Concrete, Excavating & Grading, Inc.FremontMay 29, 2020Unprogrammed related6 citations 1 serious$13,600
Concrete Demo Works, Inc.FremontMay 29, 2020Accident5 citations 2 serious$12,300
Gladiator Unlimited Inc.San FranciscoDec 27, 2018Accident8 citations 4 serious$41,535
Krones Inc / Krones AGVernonNov 5, 2018Accident14 citations 6 serious$64,425
A & D Fire Protection, Inc.Los AngelesJan 17, 2017Accident5 citations 2 serious$14,100
Lewis Robinson ConstructionRancho CordovaDec 19, 2016Complaint2 citations$390
Fydaq Company IncIrvineOct 20, 2016Planned14 citations 8 serious$29,895
South Coast Specialty Systems, Inc.CoronadoJun 3, 2016Accident17 citations 8 serious$41,115
Pinnacle Peak Custom Home Corp CACoronadoJun 3, 2016Unprogrammed related15 citations 8 serious$28,310

Largest penalties under 8 CCR 1953

EmployerInspectionsCitationsPenaltiesDeathsLatest
Pacific Northern Environmental LLC111$180,7500Sep 8, 2025
Ponder Environmental Services, Inc.19$130,2500Sep 8, 2025
Security Paving Company, Inc.111$77,0050Feb 3, 2023
Krones Inc / Krones AG114$64,4250Nov 5, 2018
Gladiator Unlimited Inc.18$41,5350Dec 27, 2018
South Coast Specialty Systems, Inc.117$41,1150Jun 3, 2016
Fydaq Company Inc114$29,8950Oct 20, 2016
Pinnacle Peak Custom Home Corp CA115$28,3100Jun 3, 2016
Azul Works, Inc.16$27,0000Aug 8, 2025
DI Industrial Coatings, Inc.17$24,4150Feb 19, 2025
Parada Painting Inc.18$18,9000Dec 20, 2024
A & D Fire Protection, Inc.15$14,1000Jan 17, 2017
Aberle Concrete, Excavating & Grading, Inc.16$13,6000May 29, 2020
Concrete Demo Works, Inc.15$12,3000May 29, 2020
Miller Plumbing Inc110$8,5400Nov 14, 2022
Lewis Robinson Construction12$3900Dec 19, 2016

By year opened

YearInspectionsWith citationsCitationsPenaltiesDeaths
20254433$362,4150
2024118$18,9000
20231111$77,0050
20221110$8,5400
20202211$25,9000
20182222$105,9600
2017115$14,1000
20164448$99,7100

Your rights when the hazard is real

You can report it, and the employer may not touch you for it. Any worker can file a confidential complaint with the nearest Cal/OSHA district office, by phone, online or in writing, and can ask that the employer not be told who complained. Firing, demoting, cutting hours, threatening or otherwise punishing a worker for a safety complaint, for reporting an injury, for testifying or for asking for a Cal/OSHA inspection is unlawful retaliation under Labor Code 6310; a complaint to the Labor Commissioner's Retaliation Complaint Investigation unit must be filed within one year, and a civil lawsuit is also available.

You can refuse work that would violate a safety standard and create a real and apparent hazard to you or your coworkers, and the employer may not retaliate for that refusal (Labor Code 6311). Say why in writing if you can, name the rule or the hazard, and keep a copy.

Every employer must have a written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (Title 8, section 3203), train workers on the hazards of their jobs, provide protective equipment at no cost, and give workers access to the exposure and medical records that concern them. Outdoor workplaces need a heat illness plan with water, shade and rest (section 3395); indoor ones above 82 degrees need the indoor rule (section 3396); and since July 2024 nearly every employer needs a workplace violence prevention plan (Labor Code 6401.9).

An injury itself is a workers' compensation claim, handled separately from anything on this page. What this firm handles is the employment side: the retaliation, the firing after the injury report, the wage and hour problems that usually travel with an unsafe workplace. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections opened through Oct 27, 2026. 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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