Inspection record, North Hills

Valley Drapery and Upholstery Cal/OSHA Inspection, Feb 7, 2001

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Accident inspection in North Hills: 7 citations, $2,800. The employer's only inspection on record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

What happened in this inspection

Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of Valley Drapery and Upholstery at 16616 Schoenborn St., North Hills (Los Angeles County) on Feb 7, 2001. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 41 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 7 citations (1 serious) and proposed $8,245 in penalties; the current total is $2,800. The case closed on Jan 28, 2002.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 2500.9(a) General
Issued Jul 11, 2001. Proposed $135, current $100. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 16, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 2500.25 General
Issued Jul 11, 2001. Proposed $135, current $100. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 6, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3210 A, Guardrails at elevated locations General
Issued Jul 11, 2001. Proposed $275, current $200. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 16, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3270 B General
Issued Jul 11, 2001. Proposed $275, current $200. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 6, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4216 A Serious
Issued Jul 11, 2001. Proposed $2,475, current $1,800. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 6, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 4475 A General
Issued Jul 11, 2001. Proposed $2,475, current $200. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 6, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 4475 B General
Issued Jul 11, 2001. Proposed $2,475, current $200. 6 instances. 4 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 6, 2001, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Jan 11, 2001. Employee fall from ladder
Keywords: platform,ladder,fall,storage area

Your rights

If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 119939593. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 119939593, checked Nov 1, 2026. How to read a record. 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.

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