Hi-Shear Technology Corp safety record at a glance
Hi-Shear Technology Corp has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 2, 2004 and Mar 30, 2005. 4 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $100,920 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $32,230. The largest single penalty, $13,175, came from an inspection opened Dec 16, 2004 in Torrance. That places the employer at #3,151 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Santa Clarita, Torrance.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2005 | Santa Clarita | Accident | 1 citation | $0 | Sep 8, 2005 |
| Dec 16, 2004 | Torrance | Planned | 10 citations 2 serious | $13,175 $46,225 proposed | May 23, 2008 |
| Dec 16, 2004 | Torrance | Accident | 5 citations 5 serious | $12,960 $48,600 proposed | Apr 27, 2009 |
| Dec 9, 2004 | Torrance | Accident | no inspection made | $0 | Dec 22, 2004 |
| Sep 2, 2004 | Torrance | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $6,095 | Aug 30, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Hi-Shear Technology Corp.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189, Process Safety Management of Acutely Hazardous Materials: 8 citations, 3 serious, $11,775
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $6,095
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 5164, Storage of Hazardous Substances: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 3383, Body Protection: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 2540.2, Hazardous (Classified) Locations, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $405
- 8 CCR 5174, Combustible Dusts, General: 1 citation, 1 serious, $405
- 8 CCR 3221, Fire prevention plan: 1 citation, $225
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Clarita employment lawyer, Torrance 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 Hi-Shear Technology Corp
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 4, 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.