Tight Quarters, Inc. safety record at a glance
Tight Quarters, Inc. has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 3, 2010 and Jun 16, 2025. 6 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $62,200 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $35,525. The largest single penalty, $14,400, came from an inspection opened Jan 11, 2024 in Laguna Beach. That places the employer at #2,695 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Corona del Mar, Garden Grove, Balboa Island, Newport Beach.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2025 | Costa Mesa | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $4,050 | $2,025 | May 11, 2026 |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Laguna Beach | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $21,950 | $14,400 | open |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Corona del Mar | Accident | 3 citations | $5,675 | $2,400 | Jun 10, 2025 |
| Nov 14, 2017 | Garden Grove | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $15,100 | $1,800 | Oct 21, 2019 |
| Jul 10, 2012 | Balboa Island | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $14,400 | $14,400 | Feb 8, 2013 |
| Jun 7, 2012 | Balboa Island | Planned | 5 citations | $1,025 | $500 | Oct 8, 2012 |
| Nov 3, 2010 | Newport Beach | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 6, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Tight Quarters Inc; Tight Quarters; Tight Quarters Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1512, Emergency medical services (construction): 3 citations, $500
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $800
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $14,400
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $14,400
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,025
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $2,000
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,100
- 8 CCR 1524: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Costa Mesa 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 Tight Quarters, 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.