Inspection record, Carlsbad

La Costa Resort & Spa Cal/OSHA Inspection, May 16, 2005

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

Accident inspection in Carlsbad: 3 citations, $5,075. 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

Federal OSHA opened an accident inspection of La Costa Resort & Spa at Costa del Mar Rd, Carlsbad (San Diego County) on May 16, 2005. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 800 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 3 citations (1 serious) and proposed $8,070 in penalties; the current total is $5,075. The case closed on Sep 13, 2010. 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 3328 B, Machinery and equipment, general General
Issued Jun 13, 2005. Proposed $210, current $175. Abatement due Jul 29, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3203 A07 C, Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Jun 13, 2005. Proposed $210, current $175. Abatement due Jul 29, 2005, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3328 G, Machinery and equipment, general Serious
Issued Jun 13, 2005. Proposed $7,650, current $4,725. Abatement due Jun 27, 2005, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Apr 17, 2005. Employee Amputates Fingertip in Truck Lift Gate
Keywords: amputated,tailgate,finger,roller--mach/part,truck,nip point 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 125944835. 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 125944835, 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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