Western Oil Spreading Services, Inc. safety record at a glance
Western Oil Spreading Services, Inc. has been the subject of 3 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 10, 2010 and Jun 22, 2017. 1 of them were complaint inspections. All of them produced citations, 9 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $20,815 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $10,660. The largest single penalty, $5,720, came from an inspection opened Aug 26, 2014 in Santa Paula. That places the employer at #14,645 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Santa Paula, Port Hueneme.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2017 | Santa Paula | Complaint | 2 citations 2 serious | $3,710 $9,000 proposed | Aug 14, 2018 |
| Aug 26, 2014 | Santa Paula | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $5,720 $10,585 proposed | Jan 19, 2016 |
| Aug 10, 2010 | Port Hueneme | Planned | 3 citations | $1,230 | Oct 20, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Western Oil Spreading Services Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 2 citations, 2 serious, $3,710
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,950
- 8 CCR 3382, Eye and Face Protection: 1 citation, 1 serious, $495
- 8 CCR 1512, Emergency medical services (construction): 1 citation, $410
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $410
- 8 CCR 1524, Water Supply: 1 citation, $410
- 8 CCR 461, Permits to Operate: 1 citation, $275
- 8 CCR 3384, Hand Protection: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
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 Western Oil Spreading Services, 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.