Inspection record, Long Beach

Sportsman Steel Safe CO Cal/OSHA Inspection, Apr 8, 2014

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Complaint inspection in Long Beach: 10 citations, $3,300. One of 4 inspections on this employer's 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 a complaint inspection of Sportsman Steel Safe CO at 6309 Paramount BLVD, Long Beach (Los Angeles County) on Apr 8, 2014. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 20 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 10 citations (1 serious) and proposed $5,975 in penalties; the current total is $3,300. 10 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Dec 11, 2015. The employer has 3 other inspections on its California record.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 461 C General
Issued Aug 25, 2014. Proposed $225, current $150. Contested Sep 8, 2014, final order Oct 27, 2014. Abatement due Sep 11, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3664 A, Industrial trucks, operator training General
Issued Aug 25, 2014. Proposed $225, current $150. Contested Sep 8, 2014, final order Oct 27, 2014. Abatement due Sep 11, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3668 F, Powered industrial trucks, training General
Issued Aug 25, 2014. Proposed $335, current $225. 4 instances. Contested Sep 8, 2014, final order Oct 27, 2014. Abatement due Sep 11, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3650 B04, Industrial trucks, operating rules General
Issued Aug 25, 2014. Proposed $335, current $225. Contested Sep 8, 2014, final order Oct 27, 2014. Abatement due Sep 11, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3653 A General
Issued Aug 25, 2014. Proposed $335, current $225. Contested Sep 8, 2014, final order Oct 27, 2014. Abatement due Sep 11, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 3650 T07, Industrial trucks, operating rules General
Issued Aug 25, 2014. Proposed $250, current $0. Contested Sep 8, 2014, final order Oct 27, 2014. Abatement due Sep 11, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 5144 E01, Respiratory protection General
Issued Aug 25, 2014. Proposed $450, current $300. 2 instances. Contested Sep 8, 2014, final order Oct 27, 2014. Abatement due Sep 11, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 5144 F02, Respiratory protection General
Issued Aug 25, 2014. Proposed $450, current $0. Contested Sep 8, 2014, final order Oct 27, 2014. Abatement due Sep 11, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 4185 General
Issued Aug 25, 2014. Proposed $335, current $0. 2 instances. Contested Sep 8, 2014, final order Oct 27, 2014. Abatement due Sep 11, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4214 B Serious
Issued Aug 25, 2014. Proposed $3,035, current $2,025. Contested Sep 8, 2014, final order Oct 27, 2014. Abatement due Sep 11, 2014, 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 125874974. 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 125874974, 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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