California Code, Labor Code - LAB § 7383

(a) The division shall require all crane employers to disclose all of their previous business identities within the previous 10 years.  The disclosure shall be made to the division on forms provided by the division.  The division shall maintain the confidentiality of this information.

(b) The division shall consider the violations of safety and health orders and standards of the previous business identities when assessing penalties against a crane employer for current violations.

(c) For purposes of this section “business identities” means current and previous business affiliations in the construction industry which involve the use of cranes.  These shall include, but not be limited to, fictitious business names and corporate names.

(d) The purpose of this section is to enable the division to get a complete safety record of crane employers when assessing penalties for the violation of safety orders.