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DESERT CRANE SERVICE INC
$19,787
penalties
4
viol.
2
insp.

DESERT CRANE SERVICE INC

BIG HORN COUNTRY CLUB, PALM DESERT, CA 92260NAICS 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors

Inspections
2
Jun 2003 to Jan 2018 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
4
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$19,787
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 2Willful 0Repeat 0Other 2

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Inspection records

Jan 30, 2018Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#342924495$14,7372 viol.

Inspection #342924495

Dates

Opened
Jan 30, 2018
Closing Conference Date
Jul 11, 2018
Contested
Jul 24, 2018
Final Order
Aug 22, 2018
Closed
Mar 8, 2019

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
2
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
2 serious
Initial Penalties
$20,137
Penalties on Record
$14,737
Site Address
47900 Portola Ave., Palm Desert, CA 92260
Industry
238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors

Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

HospitalizationJan 16, 2018

Employee is struck by falling tree and incurs multiple injur

Event: Struck Against

Violations

Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010014999(A)
Handling Loads
Serious11$3,937$3,937Jul 24, 2018Aug 22, 2018
020014999(C)(1)
Handling Loads
Serious11$16,200$10,800Jul 24, 2018Aug 22, 2018
Jun 3, 2003Accident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#300862380$5,0502 viol.

Inspection #300862380

Dates

Opened
Jun 3, 2003
Closing Conference Date
Nov 19, 2003
Closed
Sep 13, 2010

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
4
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
2 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$5,050
Penalties on Record
$5,050
Site Address
Big Horn Country Club, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Industry
238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors

Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

HospitalizationMay 19, 2003

Employee injured after falling from mobile crane cab

Injury: FractureBody part: Upper LegSource: Materials Handling EquipmentEvent: Fall (From Elevation)

Violations

Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001342
Reporting Work-Connected Fatalities and Serious Injuries
OSHA citation code: 342 A
Other1-$5,000$5,000Nov 24, 2003--
010021509
Injury and Illness Prevention Program
OSHA citation code: 1509 A
Other11$50$50Dec 22, 2003--
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About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.

OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.

OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.

Understanding These Penalties

The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.

Standards cited

1509Injury and Illness Prevention Program1 citation · $50
342Reporting Work-Connected Fatalities and Serious Injuries1 citation · $5,000
4999(A)Handling Loads1 citation · $3,937

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer2.0
Industry average2.1
Penalties per inspection
This employer$9,894
Industry average$2,542

Specialty Trade Contractors, 558,619 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: all other specialty trade contractors reported 1.6 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 12.5%; NAICS 23899 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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