Rule record, Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections

8 CCR 3422: Cal/OSHA Citations

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

Every Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspection that cited 8 CCR 3422 since 2000: 37 inspections, 40 citations, $61,225 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 3422 at a glance

Since 2000, 37 California inspections have cited 8 CCR 3422, 40 citations in all, 7 of them serious, carrying $61,225 in penalties after appeals. In the last 12 months 2 inspections opened. The industries inspected most here are Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services (35), (1), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (1).

Where it is cited most: Los Angeles (7), Santa Clara (4), Ventura (3), Alameda (3), Shasta (2), Mendocino (2), Santa Cruz (2), Fresno (2), Riverside (2), Sonoma (2).

All inspections, newest first

37 inspections. Click a date for the citations.

EmployerCityOpenedWhyResultPenalty
Colony Landscape & Maintenance, Inc.GilroyMar 4, 2026Accident6 citations 4 serious$40,570
Park West Landscape Maintenance, Inc.IrvineFeb 10, 2026Complaint1 citation$200
Central Valley Landscape & TreeSalidaMar 4, 2024Referral1 citation$135
A Cut Above Tree Service IncMount ShastaOct 11, 2023Complaint1 citation$350
Storm Fall TreeMagaliaJun 19, 2023Accident3 citations$765
Richard BohrboughBoulder CreekSep 8, 2022Accident2 citations 1 serious$10,975
Twin Cities Tree ServiceSebastopolAug 8, 2022Accident4 citations 2 serious$15,900
Tree Sculpture Group, A California CorporationAlamedaJun 11, 2021Accident4 citations 1 serious$21,200
Erick's Tree ServiceFresnoSep 24, 2019Referral4 citations$1,150
Johnson's Quality Tree Care & Logging CO., LLCRedwood ValleyAug 22, 2019Accident5 citations 1 serious$5,480
New Image Landscape CompanySalinasAug 13, 2019Accident3 citations$2,250
Ducketts Tree Service IncLong BeachJul 18, 2019Referral9 citations$2,745
Javier's Tree Service Inc.OxnardJun 3, 2019Complaint1 citation$260
Victor Gomez-PerezScotts ValleyApr 11, 2019Accident6 citations 2 serious$16,420
Arborists That Climb Inc.SebastopolDec 7, 2018Accident5 citations 1 serious$11,400
We're Your Guys Tree ServiceReddingNov 29, 2018Referral2 citations$325
Jose Jesus Gonzalez, AN IndividualSierra MadreNov 7, 2018Planned8 citations$2,475
Biota Tech Services, IncLos GatosJul 3, 2018Accident4 citations 1 serious$5,105
Paradise Tree ServiceNipomoJan 26, 2018Complaint5 citations$1,570
Synergy Tree Trimming Inc.San JoseOct 24, 2017Fatality or catastrophedeath 4 citations 1 serious$18,450
R&r Mountain Enterprises, Inc.GrovelandOct 16, 2017Fatality or catastrophedeath 2 citations$525
Julio Garcia AN IndividualFremontApr 7, 2017Referral7 citations 2 serious$3,670
J&s Property Management & Maintenance, Inc.PomonaApr 5, 2017Fatality or catastrophedeath 13 citations 2 serious$14,755
Jim Travis Tree ExpertsReddingJan 23, 2017Referral4 citations$650
Silenus International Group, Inc.NapaJan 19, 2017Complaint2 citations$1,400
Brende & Lamb Tree and Shrub CareFremontDec 19, 2016Referral5 citations$2,250
Davey Tree Surgery CompanySignal HillSep 22, 2016Referral1 citation$900
Michael Jon Barker dba Canada Tree CareLa CanadaSep 7, 2016Planned8 citations 2 serious$10,350
Tillman's Pro Cut IncShaver LakeAug 29, 2016Planned5 citations 3 serious$16,810
Daniel Rodriguez dba Las Palmas Mexican GrillThousand OaksAug 25, 2016Planned5 citations$1,365
Erik A Pelletier and Mark L PelletierCanyon CountryJul 28, 2016Planned8 citations 3 serious$3,590
Stay Green Inc.Santa ClaritaJul 28, 2016Planned4 citations$1,020
Family Tree Service IncUkiahAug 13, 2015Accident4 citations 1 serious$20,430
Apolinar Faustino Perez BernabelRiversideJul 29, 2015Fatality or catastrophedeath 3 citations 2 serious$20,125
Medallion Landscape Management, Inc.SaratogaSep 19, 2014Accident3 citations$1,680
Relex Inc.G&s Development, dba Golf N StuffVenturaSep 19, 2013Accidentdeath 7 citations 3 serious$10,100
J.R. Date FarmsMecSep 19, 2000Accidentdeath 6 citations 2 serious$19,680

Largest penalties under 8 CCR 3422

EmployerInspectionsCitationsPenaltiesDeathsLatest
Colony Landscape & Maintenance, Inc.16$40,5700Mar 4, 2026
Tree Sculpture Group, A California Corporation14$21,2000Jun 11, 2021
Family Tree Service Inc14$20,4300Aug 13, 2015
Apolinar Faustino Perez Bernabel13$20,1251Jul 29, 2015
J.R. Date Farms16$19,6801Sep 19, 2000
Synergy Tree Trimming Inc.14$18,4501Oct 24, 2017
Tillman's Pro Cut Inc15$16,8100Aug 29, 2016
Victor Gomez-Perez16$16,4200Apr 11, 2019
Twin Cities Tree Service14$15,9000Aug 8, 2022
J&s Property Management & Maintenance, Inc.113$14,7551Apr 5, 2017
Arborists That Climb Inc.15$11,4000Dec 7, 2018
Richard Bohrbough12$10,9750Sep 8, 2022
Michael Jon Barker dba Canada Tree Care18$10,3500Sep 7, 2016
Relex Inc.G&s Development, dba Golf N Stuff17$10,1001Sep 19, 2013
Johnson's Quality Tree Care & Logging CO., LLC15$5,4800Aug 22, 2019
Biota Tech Services, Inc14$5,1050Jul 3, 2018
Julio Garcia AN Individual17$3,6700Apr 7, 2017
Erik A Pelletier and Mark L Pelletier18$3,5900Jul 28, 2016
Ducketts Tree Service Inc19$2,7450Jul 18, 2019
Jose Jesus Gonzalez, AN Individual18$2,4750Nov 7, 2018

By year opened

YearInspectionsWith citationsCitationsPenaltiesDeaths
2026227$40,7700
2024111$1350
2023224$1,1150
2022226$26,8750
2021114$21,2000
20196628$28,3050
20185524$20,8750
20176632$39,4503
20167736$36,2850
2015227$40,5551
2014113$1,6800
2013117$10,1001
2000116$19,6801

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).

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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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