American Cooling Tower Inc safety record at a glance
American Cooling Tower Inc has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 5, 2002 and Oct 8, 2019. 3 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $24,685 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $24,685. The largest single penalty, $21,600, came from an inspection opened Mar 4, 2002 in Los Angeles. That places the employer at #4,818 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Construction. Worksites in Santa Ana, Westminster, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Huntington Beach.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2019 | Santa Ana | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 26, 2020 |
| Dec 9, 2010 | Westminster | Complaint | 2 citations | $220 | $220 | Jan 6, 2012 |
| Sep 12, 2008 | San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation | $165 | $165 | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Mar 4, 2002 | Los Angeles | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $21,600 | $21,600 | Jun 18, 2008 |
| Feb 5, 2002 | Huntington Beach | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $2,700 | $2,700 | Nov 14, 2002 |
Also recorded as: American Cooling Tower Inc.; American Cooling Tower.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,800
- 8 CCR 1637, Scaffold planking: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,800
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,350
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,350
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $165
- 8 CCR 4650: 1 citation, $110
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, $110
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Ana employment lawyer, Westminster employment lawyer, San Francisco employment lawyer.
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at American Cooling Tower Inc
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 1, 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.