Car Sound Exhaust System Inc safety record at a glance
Car Sound Exhaust System Inc has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 28, 2001 and Aug 23, 2022. 5 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $100,140 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $60,410. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Aug 23, 2022 in Oceanside. That places the employer at #1,087 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Manufacturing. Worksites in Oceanside, Ramcho Santa Margarita, Rancho Santa Margarita.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2022 | Oceanside | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | open |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Oceanside | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $18,000 | Nov 2, 2020 |
| Dec 21, 2009 | Oceanside | Unprogrammed related | 6 citations 1 serious | $8,715 | $5,210 | May 11, 2011 |
| Oct 12, 2009 | Ramcho Santa Margarita | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $3,825 | Feb 17, 2011 |
| Jun 23, 2009 | Rancho Santa Margarita | Programmed related | 2 citations 1 serious | $9,400 | $2,850 | Feb 17, 2011 |
| May 6, 2004 | Rancho Santa Margarita | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | May 7, 2004 |
| Mar 24, 2004 | Rancho Santa Margarita | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $23,525 | $12,525 | open |
| Nov 28, 2001 | Rancho Santa Margarita | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 7, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Car Sound Exhaust System; Car Sound Exhaust System, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $18,785
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 3 citations, 3 serious, $24,525
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, $7,690
- 8 CCR 4000: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 1430.40: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 1430.29: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oceanside 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Car Sound Exhaust System 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.