What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened a complaint inspection of Taft Manufacturing Company at 19815 S Lake Rd, Taft (Kern County) on Mar 15, 2005. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. 28 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 10 citations (0 serious) and proposed $19,915 in penalties; the current total is $3,640. 10 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 3 citations were deleted on appeal and are not counted. The case closed on Jun 24, 2009. 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.
Issued Sep 7, 2005. Proposed $275, current $275. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 19, 2005, final order Feb 11, 2008. Abatement due Oct 10, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 7, 2005. Proposed $205, current $205. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 19, 2005, final order Feb 11, 2008. Abatement due Sep 12, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 7, 2005. Proposed $205, current $205. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 19, 2005, final order Feb 11, 2008. Abatement due Oct 10, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 7, 2005. Proposed $135, current $135. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 19, 2005, final order Feb 11, 2008. Abatement due Oct 10, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 7, 2005. Proposed $205, current $205. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 19, 2005, final order Feb 11, 2008. Abatement due Oct 10, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 7, 2005. Proposed $275, current $0. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 19, 2005, final order Feb 11, 2008. Abatement due Sep 12, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 7, 2005. Proposed $135, current $135. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 19, 2005, final order Feb 11, 2008. Abatement due Oct 10, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 7, 2005. Proposed $205, current $205. 3 instances. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 19, 2005, final order Feb 11, 2008. Abatement due Sep 12, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 7, 2005. Proposed $275, current $275. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 19, 2005, final order Feb 11, 2008. Abatement due Sep 12, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 7, 2005. Proposed $18,000, current $2,000. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 19, 2005, final order Feb 11, 2008. Abatement due Sep 12, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 7, 2005. Proposed $275, current $0. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 19, 2005, final order Feb 11, 2008. Abatement due Oct 10, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 7, 2005. Proposed $135, current $0. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 19, 2005, final order Feb 11, 2008. Abatement due Oct 10, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 7, 2005. Proposed $205, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Sep 19, 2005, final order Feb 11, 2008. Abatement due Oct 10, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
The accident
Keywords: leak,respiratory,chemical vapor,overexposure
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 125914903. 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 125914903, 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.