The Picard Family Company Inc dba Watson Plumbing safety record at a glance
The Picard Family Company Inc dba Watson Plumbing has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 6, 2000 and Feb 14, 2014. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $15,750 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $7,935. The largest single penalty, $6,885, came from an inspection opened May 15, 2001 in Calabasas. That places the employer at #17,642 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Los Angeles, Altadena, Calabasas, North Hollywood.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2014 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 2 citations | $350 | $350 | May 24, 2014 |
| Oct 27, 2010 | Altadena | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 28, 2010 |
| Oct 17, 2002 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 1 citation | $700 | $700 | Jun 27, 2006 |
| Aug 15, 2001 | Calabasas | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 27, 2001 |
| May 15, 2001 | Calabasas | Complaint | 9 citations 3 serious | $14,700 | $6,885 | Dec 3, 2009 |
| Dec 6, 2000 | North Hollywood | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 27, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Picard Family CO Inc. dba Watson Plumbing; The Picard Family CO Inc dba Watson Plumbing; The Picard Family Co.Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1512, Emergency medical services (construction): 3 citations, $545
- 8 CCR 341.1: 2 citations, $975
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $310
- 8 CCR 1542: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,950
- 8 CCR 3381: 1 citation, 1 serious, $475
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 1 citation, 1 serious, $370
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 1 citation, $175
- 8 CCR 1524: 1 citation, $135
Local pages: Los Angeles 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 The Picard Family Company Inc dba Watson Plumbing
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.