Inspection record, Porter Ranch

Southern California Gas Company Cal/OSHA Inspection, Dec 11, 2015

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Referral inspection in Porter Ranch: 5 citations, $40,035. One of 33 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 referral inspection of Southern California Gas Company at 12801 Tampa Avenue, Porter Ranch (Los Angeles County) on Dec 11, 2015. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 30 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 5 citations (0 serious) and proposed $59,900 in penalties; the current total is $40,035. 5 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Feb 16, 2021. The employer has 32 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 6773(B) General
Issued Jun 10, 2016. Proposed $900, current $450. 4 instances. 5 workers exposed. Contested Jun 28, 2016, final order Dec 22, 2020. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 6777(F) General
Issued Jun 10, 2016. Proposed $900, current $450. 5 workers exposed. Contested Jun 28, 2016, final order Dec 22, 2020. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 5192(Q)(6)(E) General
Issued Jun 10, 2016. Proposed $8,100, current $13,045. 5 workers exposed. Contested Jun 28, 2016, final order Dec 22, 2020. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 6845(A) General
Issued Jun 10, 2016. Proposed $25,000, current $13,045. 5 workers exposed. Contested Jun 28, 2016, final order Dec 22, 2020. Abatement due Jun 20, 2016, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 6851(A) General
Issued Jun 10, 2016. Proposed $25,000, current $13,045. 5 workers exposed. Contested Jun 28, 2016, final order Dec 22, 2020. Abatement due Jun 20, 2016, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 6894 General deleted on appeal
Issued Jun 10, 2016. Proposed $900, current $0. 5 workers exposed. Contested Jun 28, 2016, final order Dec 22, 2020. 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 341117414. 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 341117414, 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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