Inspection record, Corona

US Tile Company Cal/OSHA Inspection, Mar 18, 2003

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Accident inspection in Corona: 5 citations, $5,600. One of 3 inspections on this employer's record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,853 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 US Tile Company at 909 Railroad Street, Corona (Riverside County) on Mar 18, 2003. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. The record lists 165 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. Inspectors issued 5 citations (0 serious) and proposed $6,500 in penalties; after appeal or settlement the current total is $5,600. 5 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 4 citations were deleted on appeal and are not counted. The case closed on Sep 2, 2008. The employer has 2 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 342(a), Reporting serious injuries and deaths General
Issued Jul 24, 2003. Proposed $5,000, current $5,000. 2 instances. 1 worker exposed. Contested Sep 4, 2003, final order Dec 30, 2004. Abatement due Aug 4, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 461(c), Permits to Operate General
Issued Jul 24, 2003. Proposed $375, current $0. 3 workers exposed. Contested Sep 4, 2003, final order Dec 30, 2004. Abatement due Aug 4, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3328(d), Machinery and equipment, general General
Issued Jul 24, 2003. Proposed $375, current $0. 3 workers exposed. Contested Sep 4, 2003, final order Dec 30, 2004. Abatement due Aug 4, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3578(g), Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding General
Issued Jul 24, 2003. Proposed $375, current $300. 3 workers exposed. Contested Sep 4, 2003, final order Dec 30, 2004. Abatement due Aug 4, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 3203(a)(7)(C), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Jul 24, 2003. Proposed $375, current $300. 1 worker exposed. Contested Sep 4, 2003, final order Dec 30, 2004. Abatement due Aug 4, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3210(b), Guardrails at elevated locations General deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 24, 2003. Proposed $375, current $0. 3 workers exposed. Contested Sep 4, 2003, final order Dec 30, 2004. Abatement due Aug 4, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 4650(e), Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders General deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 24, 2003. Proposed $375, current $0. 4 workers exposed. Contested Sep 4, 2003, final order Dec 30, 2004. Abatement due Aug 4, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 3314(d), Lockout and cleaning of machinery General deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 24, 2003. Proposed $375, current $0. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 4, 2003, final order Dec 30, 2004. Abatement due Aug 4, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3577(c), Protection Devices Serious deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 21, 2003. Proposed $3,375, current $0. 3 workers exposed. Contested Sep 4, 2003, final order Dec 30, 2004. Abatement due Aug 4, 2003, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Mar 12, 2003. Employee Amputates Finger
Keywords: grinder,amputated,finger,jammed,caught between 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 300861556. 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 300861556, 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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