Inspection record, Santa Moni

Dba James Thompson's Portable Welding Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jan 10, 2001

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

Unprogrammed related inspection in Santa Moni: 6 citations, $4,210. 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 122,854 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 Dba James Thompson's Portable Welding at 1227 2nd St., Santa Moni (Los Angeles County) on Jan 10, 2001. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. 8 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 6 citations (5 serious) and proposed $15,125 in penalties; the current total is $4,210. 6 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Apr 24, 2006.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 1514 D General
Issued Jun 29, 2001. Proposed $175, current $175. 5 workers exposed. Contested Aug 20, 2001, final order May 23, 2002. Abatement due Jul 29, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 1629 A01 Serious
Issued Jun 29, 2001. Proposed $2,360, current $575. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Contested Aug 20, 2001, final order May 23, 2002. Abatement due Jul 6, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 1710 G01, Structural steel erection Serious
Issued Jun 29, 2001. Proposed $3,930, current $1,575. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Contested Aug 20, 2001, final order May 23, 2002. Abatement due Jul 6, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 1710 G02, Structural steel erection Serious
Issued Jun 29, 2001. Proposed $3,150, current $155. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Contested Aug 20, 2001, final order May 23, 2002. Abatement due Jul 6, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 05001: 8 CCR 1740 B Serious
Issued Jun 29, 2001. Proposed $3,150, current $1,575. 6 workers exposed. Contested Aug 20, 2001, final order May 23, 2002. Abatement due Jul 6, 2001, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 06001: 8 CCR 1740 C Serious
Issued Jun 29, 2001. Proposed $2,360, current $155. 6 workers exposed. Contested Aug 20, 2001, final order May 23, 2002. Abatement due Jul 6, 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 125992685. 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 125992685, 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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