Blue Wave Car Wash safety record at a glance
Blue Wave Car Wash has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 27, 2007 and Jul 28, 2022. 2 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 27 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $69,040 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $36,190. The largest single penalty, $18,685, came from an inspection opened Sep 27, 2007 in Los Angeles. That places the employer at #2,624 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Other Services (except Public Administration). Worksites in Los Angeles, Santa Moni.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2022 | Los Angeles | Accident | 7 citations 2 serious | $12,630 $20,080 proposed | open |
| Aug 24, 2012 | Santa Moni | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $4,875 $13,010 proposed | Feb 22, 2014 |
| Aug 8, 2008 | Los Angeles | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Aug 18, 2008 |
| Sep 27, 2007 | Los Angeles | Planned | 17 citations 4 serious | $18,685 $35,950 proposed | Jul 19, 2011 |
Also recorded as: Blue Wave Car Wash, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, 2 serious, $11,880
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 3 citations, $915
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $605
- 8 CCR 4070, Guarding: 2 citations, 2 serious, $5,735
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $305
- 8 CCR 4050, Shafting, Collars, Clutches, and Couplings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,710
- 8 CCR 4075, Gears and Sprockets: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,710
- 8 CCR 2340.23, Openings (repealed): 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,710
Local pages: Los Angeles 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Blue Wave Car Wash
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.