Inspection record, Vernon

U.S. Spectrum Textile, LLC Cal/OSHA Inspection, Aug 4, 2000

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

Accident inspection in Vernon: 4 citations, $19,685. 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 an accident inspection of U.S. Spectrum Textile, LLC at 5000 District, Vernon (Los Angeles County) on Aug 4, 2000. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 97 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 4 citations (1 serious) and proposed $19,685 in penalties; the current total is $19,685. The case closed on Sep 13, 2010.

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 Nov 20, 2000. Proposed $375, current $375. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 23, 2000, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 2340.16(c), Electrical work space General
Issued Nov 20, 2000. Proposed $185, current $185. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 23, 2000, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3314 F, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Nov 20, 2000. Proposed $1,125, current $1,125. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 15, 2000, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3314 A, Lockout and cleaning of machinery Serious
Issued Nov 20, 2000. Proposed $18,000, current $18,000. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 29, 2000, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

May 22, 2000. Employee's fingers amputated in textile finisher
Keywords: amputated,finger,work rules,slip,lockout,roller--mach/part,caught between,extension handle,nip point,housekeeping 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 126076595. 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 126076595, 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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