Inspection record, Norwalk

St.Of CA. Metropolitan State Hospital Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jul 15, 2003

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Complaint inspection in Norwalk: 7 citations, $6,000. 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 a complaint inspection of St.Of CA. Metropolitan State Hospital at 11401 Bloomfield Ave., Norwalk (Los Angeles County) on Jul 15, 2003. It was a partial inspection focused on health hazards. 1,000 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. The employer is a state government body. Inspectors issued 7 citations (1 serious) and proposed $6,000 in penalties; the current total is $6,000. The case closed on Dec 22, 2008. 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 5144 C01, Respiratory protection General
Issued Oct 3, 2003. Proposed $400, current $400. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 5, 2003, completed. Failure to abate penalty $100. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 5144 F02, Respiratory protection General
Issued Oct 3, 2003. Proposed $400, current $400. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 5, 2003, completed. Failure to abate penalty $1,500. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 5157 C04, Confined spaces General
Issued Oct 3, 2003. Proposed $200, current $200. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 5, 2003, completed. Failure to abate penalty $1,500. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 5157 F, Confined spaces General
Issued Oct 3, 2003. Proposed $200, current $200. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 5, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 5157 D05, Confined spaces General
Issued Oct 3, 2003. Proposed $800, current $800. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 5, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 1529 G07 A, Asbestos (construction) General
Issued Oct 3, 2003. Proposed $400, current $400. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 5, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 1529 G08, Asbestos (construction) Serious
Issued Oct 3, 2003. Proposed $3,600, current $3,600. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 13, 2003, 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 301330296. 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 301330296, 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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