TBS Irrigation Products Inc. safety record at a glance
TBS Irrigation Products Inc. has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 8, 2001 and Mar 1, 2018. 4 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $40,835 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $30,560. The largest single penalty, $15,300, came from an inspection opened Feb 3, 2017 in El Cajon. That places the employer at #3,435 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in El Cajon.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2018 | El Cajon | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $10,800 $12,600 proposed | Oct 1, 2021 |
| Aug 15, 2017 | El Cajon | Accident | 1 citation | $2,500 $5,000 proposed | Apr 20, 2018 |
| Feb 3, 2017 | El Cajon | Accident | 6 citations 1 serious | $15,300 $18,625 proposed | Jul 20, 2018 |
| Apr 28, 2009 | El Cajon | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | May 11, 2009 |
| Aug 17, 2007 | El Cajon | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $1,735 $4,385 proposed | Jun 24, 2015 |
| Mar 8, 2001 | El Cajon | Accident | 1 citation | $225 | Oct 29, 2001 |
Also recorded as: TBS Irrigation Products; TBS Irrigation Products Inc; T.B.S. Irrigation Products, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 1 serious, $14,785
- 8 CCR 4075, Gears and Sprockets: 2 citations, 1 serious, $10,950
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $425
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $2,500
- 8 CCR 2340.23, Openings (repealed): 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,350
- 8 CCR 4186, Maintenance and Use of Point of Operation Tools and Guards: 1 citation, $200
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, $200
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: El Cajon 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 TBS Irrigation Products 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 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.