Buddy Bar Casting safety record at a glance
Buddy Bar Casting has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 30, 2001 and Feb 5, 2021. 3 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 22 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $71,805 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $33,895. The largest single penalty, $20,700, came from an inspection opened Feb 5, 2021 in South Gate. That places the employer at #2,890 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in South Gate.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2021 | South Gate | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $24,750 | $20,700 | May 1, 2023 |
| Mar 4, 2014 | South Gate | Planned | 7 citations 2 serious | $20,435 | $6,600 | Feb 20, 2016 |
| Oct 12, 2009 | South Gate | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 30, 2009 |
| Mar 27, 2003 | South Gate | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 4, 2003 |
| Mar 8, 2002 | South Gate | Accident | 6 citations | $2,245 | $2,245 | Apr 4, 2003 |
| Aug 30, 2001 | South Gate | Accident | 7 citations 1 serious | $24,375 | $4,350 | Feb 19, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Buddy Bar Casting Inc; Buddy Bar Casting Corporation.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $820
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $675
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3480: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3382: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4185: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
Local pages: South Gate 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 Buddy Bar Casting
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.