Inspection record, Palmdale

Southern CA Edison Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jun 27, 2003

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Accident inspection in Palmdale: 1 citation, $5,000. One of 4 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 Southern CA Edison at 33301 Angeles Forest HWY, Palmdale (Los Angeles County) on Jun 27, 2003. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on health hazards. 22 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 1 citation (1 serious) and proposed $18,000 in penalties; the current total is $5,000. 1 citation was contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Dec 7, 2006. The employer has 3 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 2320.3 Serious
Issued Nov 20, 2003. Proposed $18,000, current $5,000. 2 workers exposed. Contested Dec 1, 2003, final order May 22, 2006. Abatement due Dec 23, 2003, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

May 28, 2003. Employee Is Burned by Exposed Electrical Connections
Keywords: burn,compressor,maintenance,shock,electric conductor,electric shock,hand 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 126186451. 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 126186451, 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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