OSHA has inspected Lash Construction Inc. 10 times in California since 1990.
The latest one began on Aug 13, 2021 after an accident, in Thousand Oaks.
Those inspections ended with 15 citation items: 5 serious and 10 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $38,230 and now stand at $31,505, 18% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Lash Construction Inc. averages $10,123 (3 cited inspections).
Lash Construction Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Oct 29, 1992: Employee injured as ladder falls
On October 29, 1992, Employee #1, of Lash Construction, was standing on a metal ladder that had been placed against a eucalyptus tree branch that he was going t o cut off. A coworker was holding the ladder at its base. When Employee #1 cut o ff the end of the tree limb, the rest of the limb sprang upward. The metal ladde r slid off the limb and fell onto the asphalt street. Employee #1 rode the falli ng ladder to the street. He was taken by paramedic ambulance to St. John Regiona l Medical Center, where he was treated for concussion and released.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1675 J
Other-than-serious
$400
$400
Dec 9, 1992
Closed
2 older inspections
Inspection 111994190 OPENED NOV 6, 1991Closed
Complaint · No inspection · Safety · Closed Nov 15, 1991
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Santa Barbara site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 88 workers: 8.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 62 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Lash Construction Inc
Santa Barbara · 2025
88
6
3
8.0
2.2
Lash Construction, Inc.
Santa Barbara · 2020
59
2
0
3.5
2.2
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.