Inspection record, Lake Forest

Americas Tire Company Cal/OSHA Inspection, May 18, 2004

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

Complaint inspection in Lake Forest: 8 citations, $1,800. The employer's only inspection on record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,853 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 Americas Tire Company at 22765 Aston St, Lake Forest (Orange County) on May 18, 2004. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. The record lists 100 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. Inspectors issued 8 citations (0 serious) and proposed $11,240 in penalties; after appeal or settlement the current total is $1,800. 8 citations were deleted on appeal and are not counted. The case closed on Jul 7, 2008.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 461(a), Permits to Operate General
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $375, current $300. 2 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 6151(e)(2), Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $185, current $150. 2 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3320, Warning Signs General
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $185, current $150. 2 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01010: 8 CCR 3241(a), Live loads General
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $185, current $150. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01011: 8 CCR 3273(a), Working area, floors and walkways General
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $185, current $150. 2 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3210(a), Guardrails at elevated locations General
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $3,375, current $300. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 3578(g), Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding General
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $3,375, current $300. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 05001: 8 CCR 2340.22(a), Identification of Equipment General
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $3,375, current $300. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3203(a), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General deleted on appeal
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $185, current $0. 5 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3577(e), Protection Devices General deleted on appeal
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $185, current $0. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 2340.16(a), Electrical work space General deleted on appeal
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $185, current $0. 2 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 2340.1, Maintenance General deleted on appeal
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $375, current $0. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 2340.26, Mechanical Protection General deleted on appeal
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $185, current $0. 2 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 2340.23, Openings (repealed) General deleted on appeal
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $375, current $0. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01012: 8 CCR 3543(b), Control Mechanism for Hydraulic Lifts General deleted on appeal
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $185, current $0. 4 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4075(a), Gears and Sprockets Serious deleted on appeal
Issued Aug 11, 2004. Proposed $3,375, current $0. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 11, 2004, 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 125950568. 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 125950568, checked Nov 4, 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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