Inspection record, South Lake Tahoe

Lightnin II, Inc. dba Big O Tires Cal/OSHA Inspection, Nov 21, 2002

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

Complaint inspection in South Lake Tahoe: 5 citations, $525. 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 122,853 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

What happened in this inspection

Cal/OSHA opened a complaint inspection of Lightnin II, Inc. dba Big O Tires at 1961 Lake Tahoe BLVD., South Lake Tahoe (El Dorado County) on Nov 21, 2002. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. The record lists 7 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. Inspectors issued 5 citations (0 serious) and proposed $525 in penalties, which stands as the current total. The case closed on May 28, 2003.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 461(a), Permits to Operate General
Issued Jan 7, 2003. Proposed $100, current $100. 7 workers exposed. Abatement due Feb 10, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3544 General
Issued Jan 7, 2003. Proposed $100, current $100. 2 instances. 7 workers exposed. Abatement due Feb 10, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3545(b) General
Issued Jan 7, 2003. Proposed $100, current $100. 7 workers exposed. Abatement due Feb 10, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3548(b) General
Issued Jan 7, 2003. Proposed $150, current $150. 4 instances. 7 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 24, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3577(e), Protection Devices General
Issued Jan 7, 2003. Proposed $75, current $75. 7 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 17, 2003, completed. Read the rule.

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 120152723. 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 120152723, checked Nov 4, 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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