Inspection record, Glendale

Challenger Ornamental Iron Work Inc Cal/OSHA Inspection, Apr 13, 2010

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

Planned inspection in Glendale: 14 citations, $700. The employer's only inspection on 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 planned inspection of Challenger Ornamental Iron Work Inc at 437 W Palmer Ave, Glendale (Los Angeles County) on Apr 13, 2010. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 4 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 14 citations (1 serious) and proposed $9,440 in penalties; the current total is $700. 14 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Oct 9, 2012.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 461 A General
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $175, current $50. 4 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Aug 9, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 2340.16(a), Electrical work space General
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $85, current $0. 4 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Aug 9, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3203 A, Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $85, current $50. 4 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Aug 9, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3241 A, Live loads General
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $175, current $50. 4 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Aug 9, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3314 G02, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $85, current $50. 3 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Aug 9, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 3328 D, Machinery and equipment, general General
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $85, current $50. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Aug 9, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 3368 B General
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $85, current $50. 4 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Aug 9, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 3664 A, Industrial trucks, operator training General
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $175, current $50. 2 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Aug 9, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 3668 A01, Powered industrial trucks, training General
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $130, current $0. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Aug 9, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01010: 8 CCR 4851 A General
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $175, current $50. 3 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Aug 9, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01011: 8 CCR 6151 C01, Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $85, current $50. 3 instances. 4 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Aug 9, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 2340.22(a) General
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $2,700, current $50. 3 instances. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Jul 15, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 4184 A, Cranes and derricks, general Serious
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $2,700, current $100. 2 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Jul 15, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 4650 D General
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $2,700, current $100. 2 instances. 4 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Jul 15, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 05001: 8 CCR 4650 E General deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 8, 2010. Proposed $2,700, current $0. 14 instances. 4 workers exposed. Contested Jul 26, 2010, final order Jan 30, 2012. Abatement due Jul 15, 2010, 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 312316664. 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 312316664, 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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