What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of West Coast Iron, Inc. at 9302 Jamacha Road, Spring Valley (San Diego County) on Jun 26, 2008. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 30 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 6 citations (0 serious) and proposed $1,955 in penalties; the current total is $600. 6 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Sep 30, 2009. The employer has 8 other inspections on its California record.
Citations
Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.
Issued Nov 6, 2008. Proposed $275, current $100. 1 workers exposed. Contested Nov 12, 2008, final order Jun 18, 2009. Abatement due Nov 19, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Nov 6, 2008. Proposed $310, current $0. 2 instances. 30 workers exposed. Contested Nov 12, 2008, final order Jun 18, 2009. Abatement due Nov 26, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Nov 6, 2008. Proposed $550, current $200. 30 workers exposed. Contested Nov 12, 2008, final order Jun 18, 2009. Abatement due Nov 13, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Nov 6, 2008. Proposed $410, current $200. 2 workers exposed. Contested Nov 12, 2008, final order Jun 18, 2009. Abatement due Nov 21, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Nov 6, 2008. Proposed $135, current $0. 30 workers exposed. Contested Nov 12, 2008, final order Jun 18, 2009. Abatement due Dec 9, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Nov 6, 2008. Proposed $275, current $100. 30 workers exposed. Contested Nov 12, 2008, final order Jun 18, 2009. Abatement due Dec 9, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
The accident
Keywords: burn,eye,heat,steel beam,steel,propane torch,torch,flashback,propane,face 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 310817374. 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 310817374, 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.