Inspection record, San Pedro

Best Roofing & Water Proofing Cal/OSHA Inspection, Aug 21, 2000

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

Accident inspection in San Pedro: 3 citations, $1,215. 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 Best Roofing & Water Proofing at 1001 W 15th Street, San Pedro (Los Angeles County) on Aug 21, 2000. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. The record lists 8 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected, with union representation. Inspectors issued 3 citations (0 serious) and proposed $18,655 in penalties; after appeal or settlement the current total is $1,215. 3 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 2 citations were deleted on appeal and are not counted. The case closed on May 8, 2002.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 342(a), Reporting serious injuries and deaths General
Issued Oct 20, 2000. Proposed $375, current $375. 1 worker exposed. Contested Dec 19, 2000, final order Apr 9, 2002. Abatement due Oct 25, 2000, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 5194(e)(1), Hazard communication General
Issued Oct 20, 2000. Proposed $280, current $280. 1 worker exposed. Contested Dec 19, 2000, final order Apr 9, 2002. Abatement due Oct 25, 2000, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 1514(a), Personal Protective Devices General
Issued Oct 20, 2000. Proposed $18,000, current $560. 1 worker exposed. Contested Dec 19, 2000, final order Apr 9, 2002. Abatement due Oct 20, 2000, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 1510(c), Safety Instructions for Employees General deleted on appeal
Issued Oct 20, 2000. Proposed $465, current $0. 1 worker exposed. Contested Dec 19, 2000, final order Apr 9, 2002. Abatement due Oct 25, 2000. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3328(g), Machinery and equipment, general Serious deleted on appeal
Issued Oct 20, 2000. Proposed $18,000, current $0. 1 worker exposed. Contested Dec 19, 2000, final order Apr 9, 2002. Abatement due Oct 25, 2000, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Aug 18, 2000. Employee injured when burned during roofing operations
Keywords: burn,repair,roofer 1 hospitalized

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 120308713. 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 120308713, 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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