West Coast Iron, Inc. safety record at a glance
West Coast Iron, Inc. has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 15, 2000 and Feb 23, 2023. 4 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 36 in all: 11 serious. Inspectors proposed $116,505 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $76,615. The largest single penalty, $48,535, came from an inspection opened Oct 3, 2018 in Spring Valley. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #722 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Construction. Worksites in Spring Valley, San Diego, San Marcos.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2023 | Spring Valley | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $10,880 $21,565 proposed | Oct 22, 2024 |
| Oct 3, 2018 | Spring Valley | Fatality or catastrophe | death 9 citations 7 serious | $48,535 $69,540 proposed | open |
| Aug 18, 2014 | San Diego | Planned | no citations | $0 | Dec 4, 2014 |
| Jul 17, 2013 | San Marcos | Referral | 2 citations | $820 | Apr 7, 2016 |
| Jun 26, 2008 | Spring Valley | Accident | 6 citations | $600 $1,955 proposed | Sep 30, 2009 |
| Mar 19, 2008 | Spring Valley | Accident | 8 citations 2 serious | $11,090 $17,825 proposed | Sep 16, 2010 |
| May 7, 2003 | San Marcos | Complaint | 1 citation | $200 $310 proposed | Mar 16, 2010 |
| Dec 14, 2001 | Spring Valley | Accident | 7 citations 1 serious | $4,490 | Aug 28, 2002 |
| Mar 15, 2000 | San Diego | Programmed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 17, 2000 |
Also recorded as: West Coast Iron; West Coast Iron Inc; West Coast Iron Incorporated.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 1 serious, $10,900
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 4 citations, $710
- 8 CCR 4999, Handling Loads: 3 citations, 3 serious, $19,280
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, 1 serious, $4,810
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 2 serious, $8,770
- 8 CCR 4650, Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders: 2 citations, $200
- 8 CCR 5044, Alloy Steel Chain Slings: 2 citations, $110
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, 1 serious, $20,250
Accidents investigated
Local pages: 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.
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If you work, or worked, at West Coast Iron, 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.