Rule record, Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections

8 CCR 6980: Cal/OSHA Citations

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

Every Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspection that cited 8 CCR 6980 since 2000: 24 inspections, 26 citations, $48,660 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 6980 at a glance

Since 2000, 24 California inspections have cited 8 CCR 6980, 26 citations in all, 7 of them serious, carrying $48,660 in penalties after appeals. In the last 12 months 0 inspections opened. The industries inspected most here are Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction (17), (3), Manufacturing (3).

Where it is cited most: Riverside (4), San Bernardino (4), Shasta (2), Kern (2), Los Angeles (2), Butte (1), El Dorado (1), San Joaquin (1), Nevada (1), Yuba (1).

All inspections, newest first

24 inspections. Click a date for the citations.

EmployerCityOpenedWhyResultPenalty
Mercer Fraser CompanyTrinidadApr 11, 2023Accident7 citations 3 serious$42,680
Hunt & Sons, Inc.ClementsApr 2, 2021Programmed related3 citations 2 serious$5,550
Holliday Rock Company IncUplandDec 17, 2020Planned4 citations 1 repeat$1,280
Greenleaf EngineeringAzusaApr 29, 2019Planned5 citations$1,775
Packway Materials IncCasselDec 13, 2017Accident6 citations 1 serious$15,935
Stevens Creek Quarry IncSunnyvaleSep 5, 2017Planned5 citations$1,535
Tahoe Asphalt, Inc.South Lake TahoeJul 29, 2016Complaint4 citations$1,140
Global Pumice, LLCOlanchaApr 23, 2015Planned8 citations$2,645
Mineral Resources LLCOrovilleNov 24, 2014Planned2 citations$220
Kino Aggregates IncMarysvilleAug 8, 2013Planned1 citation0
CR Briggs CorporationTronaJan 9, 2013Planned7 citations 1 serious$5,550
Pacific Aggregates IncLake ElsinoreMar 1, 2010Planned2 citations$800
Cemex California Cement LLCApple ValleySep 29, 2009Planned2 citations 1 serious$3,500
Shasta Ranch Estates LLC dba Shasta Ranch AggrAndersonApr 8, 2008Planned1 citation$110
A C E Rental and Repair IncCoronaDec 5, 2007Programmed related3 citations$500
AL Pombo IncTruckeeOct 19, 2006Planned2 citations$300
Robertsons Ready MixBanningApr 5, 2006Accident2 citations 2 serious$18,000
Rinker Materials CorporationMadisonMay 18, 2005Planned2 citations$150
National Cement COLebecMay 13, 2005Accident2 citations 1 serious$4,000
Fourth Street RockSan BernardinoAug 23, 2004Accident2 citations$680
Vulcan Materials CompanyIrwindaleNov 9, 2001Accidentdeath 2 citations 2 serious$15,900
Diversified Materials, Inc.Frazier ParkMay 3, 2001Programmed related2 citations 1 serious$260
Original Sixteen TO One Mine IncAlleghanyNov 2, 2000Planned1 citation$75
Crawford AsociatesBlytheJun 8, 2000Planned2 citations$375

Largest penalties under 8 CCR 6980

EmployerInspectionsCitationsPenaltiesDeathsLatest
Mercer Fraser Company17$42,6800Apr 11, 2023
Robertsons Ready Mix12$18,0000Apr 5, 2006
Packway Materials Inc16$15,9350Dec 13, 2017
Vulcan Materials Company12$15,9001Nov 9, 2001
CR Briggs Corporation17$5,5500Jan 9, 2013
Hunt & Sons, Inc.13$5,5500Apr 2, 2021
National Cement CO12$4,0000May 13, 2005
Cemex California Cement LLC12$3,5000Sep 29, 2009
Global Pumice, LLC18$2,6450Apr 23, 2015
Greenleaf Engineering15$1,7750Apr 29, 2019
Stevens Creek Quarry Inc15$1,5350Sep 5, 2017
Holliday Rock Company Inc14$1,2800Dec 17, 2020
Tahoe Asphalt, Inc.14$1,1400Jul 29, 2016
Pacific Aggregates Inc12$8000Mar 1, 2010
Fourth Street Rock12$6800Aug 23, 2004
A C E Rental and Repair Inc13$5000Dec 5, 2007
Crawford Asociates12$3750Jun 8, 2000
AL Pombo Inc12$3000Oct 19, 2006
Diversified Materials, Inc.12$2600May 3, 2001
Mineral Resources LLC12$2200Nov 24, 2014

By year opened

YearInspectionsWith citationsCitationsPenaltiesDeaths
2023117$42,6800
2021113$5,5500
2020114$1,2800
2019115$1,7750
20172211$17,4700
2016114$1,1400
2015118$2,6450
2014112$2200
2013228$5,5500
2010112$8000
2009112$3,5000
2008111$1100
2007113$5000
2006224$18,3000
2005224$4,1500
2004112$6800
2001224$16,1601
2000223$4500

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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