Inspection record, Ventura

Torch Energy Services Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jul 16, 2001

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

Unprogrammed related inspection in Ventura: 10 citations, $1,725. One of 2 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 unprogrammed related inspection of Torch Energy Services at 5777 W Pacific Coast HWY, Ventura (Ventura County) on Jul 16, 2001. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. 11 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 10 citations (0 serious) and proposed $15,270 in penalties; the current total is $1,725. 9 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 5 citations were deleted on appeal and are not counted. The case closed on Jun 15, 2006. The employer has 1 other inspection 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 511 A General
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $280, current $225. 2 instances. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order May 21, 2003. Abatement due Dec 13, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3314 H03, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $185, current $150. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order Jan 2, 2004. Abatement due Dec 13, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 5189 E02 General
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $280, current $225. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order Jan 2, 2004. Abatement due Dec 13, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 5189 E04 General
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $280, current $225. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order Jan 2, 2004. Abatement due Dec 13, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 5189 F01 General
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $185, current $150. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order Jan 2, 2004. Abatement due Dec 13, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 5189 J02 D General
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $280, current $225. 4 instances. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order Jan 2, 2004. Abatement due Dec 31, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01012: 8 CCR 6857 K03 General
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $280, current $225. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order Jan 2, 2004. Abatement due Nov 20, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4070 A General
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $4,500, current $300. 3 instances. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order Jan 2, 2004. Abatement due Nov 20, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 5189 J02 C General
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $9,000, current $0. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order Jan 20, 2004. Abatement due Dec 13, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 458 H General
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $0, current $0. 4 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 13, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 5162 C, Emergency eyewash and shower General deleted on appeal
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $280, current $0. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order Jan 2, 2004. Abatement due Nov 20, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 5162 D, Emergency eyewash and shower General deleted on appeal
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $280, current $0. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order Jan 2, 2004. Abatement due Nov 20, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 5189 D03 A General deleted on appeal
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $185, current $0. 2 instances. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order Jan 2, 2004. Abatement due Dec 13, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01010: 8 CCR 5192 Q02 General deleted on appeal
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $185, current $0. 4 instances. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order Jan 2, 2004. Abatement due Dec 13, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01011: 8 CCR 5192 E01 B General deleted on appeal
Issued Nov 15, 2001. Proposed $185, current $0. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 3, 2001, final order Jan 2, 2004. Abatement due Dec 13, 2001, 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 125914317. 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 125914317, 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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