General Coatings Corporation safety record at a glance
General Coatings Corporation has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 16, 2003 and Jun 17, 2021. 4 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $74,985 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,250. The largest single penalty, $2,785, came from an inspection opened Jun 10, 2019 in Ramona. That places the employer at #20,841 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in El Cajon, San Diego, Ramona, Los Angeles, Lake Forest, Santa Moni.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2021 | El Cajon | Referral | 1 citation | $0 $375 proposed | Jul 8, 2024 |
| Dec 5, 2019 | San Diego | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $1,500 $31,500 proposed | Sep 19, 2022 |
| Jun 10, 2019 | Ramona | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $2,785 $19,120 proposed | Oct 14, 2021 |
| Jul 17, 2008 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | Sep 25, 2008 |
| May 19, 2008 | San Diego | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $560 | Mar 16, 2009 |
| Feb 6, 2007 | San Diego | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $280 $750 proposed | Mar 16, 2009 |
| Sep 22, 2005 | Lake Forest | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 15, 2008 |
| Sep 16, 2003 | Santa Moni | Complaint | 3 citations 3 serious | $375 $21,930 proposed | Jul 9, 2008 |
Also recorded as: General Coatings Corp.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 3 citations, 2 serious, $2,450
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $895
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 2 citations, 2 serious, $375
- 8 CCR 1524, Water Supply: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 1644, Metal scaffolds: 1 citation, 1 serious, $750
- 8 CCR 1637, Scaffold planking: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 1675, Ladders, general: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 4300.29: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: El Cajon employment lawyer, San Diego 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 General Coatings Corporation
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.