Inspection record, Spring Valley

Select Electric Inc Cal/OSHA Inspection, May 23, 2007

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Accident inspection in Spring Valley: 7 citations, $5,000. One of 5 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 an accident inspection of Select Electric Inc at Spring St & Route 94, Spring Valley (San Diego County) on May 23, 2007. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 75 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 7 citations (1 serious) and proposed $8,890 in penalties; the current total is $5,000. 1 citation was contested before the Appeals Board. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Sep 11, 2008. The employer has 4 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 342 A, Reporting serious injuries and deaths General
Issued Sep 6, 2007. Proposed $5,000, current $2,000. Contested Sep 24, 2007, final order Apr 30, 2008. Abatement due Oct 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 1509 A, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction) General
Issued Sep 6, 2007. Proposed $160, current $125. Abatement due Oct 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 1509 B, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction) General
Issued Sep 6, 2007. Proposed $160, current $125. Abatement due Oct 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 1518 A General
Issued Sep 6, 2007. Proposed $325, current $250. Abatement due Oct 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 3314 G01, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Sep 6, 2007. Proposed $160, current $125. Abatement due Oct 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 3395 E03, Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued Sep 6, 2007. Proposed $160, current $125. Abatement due Oct 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3314 C01, Lockout and cleaning of machinery Serious
Issued Sep 6, 2007. Proposed $2,925, current $2,250. Abatement due Sep 20, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 1512 B, Emergency medical services (construction) General deleted on appeal
Issued Sep 6, 2007. Proposed $160, current $0. Abatement due Oct 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

May 15, 2007. Employee's Thumb Is Amputated by Drill Shaft
Keywords: amputated,construction,thumb,shaft,bolt,auger,boring machine,mech malfunction 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 125945261. 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 125945261, 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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