Inspection record, Santa Maria

Burch Tank CO. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Feb 21, 2002

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

Accident inspection in Santa Maria: 6 citations, $15,425. One of 2 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 Burch Tank CO. at Foxen Canyon Rd, East of Orcutt Garey Rd, Santa Maria (Santa Barbara County) on Feb 21, 2002. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 1 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 6 citations (2 serious) and proposed $15,425 in penalties; the current total is $15,425. The case closed on Sep 13, 2010. The employer has 1 other inspection 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 3203 A, Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Mar 13, 2002. Proposed $125, current $125. Abatement due Mar 23, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 1629 A03 General
Issued Mar 13, 2002. Proposed $375, current $375. Abatement due Mar 23, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 1637 H, Scaffold planking General
Issued Mar 13, 2002. Proposed $375, current $375. Abatement due Mar 23, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 1637 N02 A, Scaffold planking General
Issued Mar 13, 2002. Proposed $375, current $375. Abatement due Mar 23, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 1645 D06 Serious
Issued Mar 13, 2002. Proposed $3,375, current $3,375. Abatement due Mar 23, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 1670 A, Fall protection (construction) Serious
Issued Mar 13, 2002. Proposed $10,800, current $10,800. Abatement due Mar 23, 2002, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Feb 19, 2002. Employee injured from fall off tank
Keywords: knee,fracture,installing,roof,oil tank,laceration,fall,fall protection,face,lost balance 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 300812526. 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 300812526, 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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