Inspection record, La Jolla

Industrial Commercial Systems, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Mar 30, 2017

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Accident inspection in La Jolla: 15 citations, $53,655. One of 6 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 an accident inspection of Industrial Commercial Systems, Inc. at 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla (San Diego County) on Mar 30, 2017. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 102 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 15 citations (3 serious) and proposed $53,655 in penalties; the current total is $53,655. 15 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Jul 30, 2021. The employer has 5 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 340 General
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $375, current $375. 28 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3203(B)(1), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $375, current $375. 100 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Abatement due Oct 20, 2017, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3203(B)(2), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $375, current $375. 28 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Abatement due Oct 11, 2017, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 1510(A) General
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $375, current $375. 2 instances. 28 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Abatement due Oct 20, 2017, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 1512(B), Emergency medical services (construction) General
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $280, current $280. 2 instances. 28 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Abatement due Oct 11, 2017, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 1512(I), Emergency medical services (construction) General
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $280, current $280. 28 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Abatement due Oct 11, 2017, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 3203(A)(3), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $185, current $185. 3 instances. 100 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Abatement due Oct 20, 2017, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 3276(C)(3), Portable ladders General
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $420, current $420. 7 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 3276(E)(7), Portable ladders General
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $185, current $185. 28 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 01010: 8 CCR 3276(F), Portable ladders General
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $560, current $560. 3 instances. 28 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Abatement due Oct 11, 2017, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01011: 8 CCR 4650(E) General
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $185, current $185. 7 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 01012: 8 CCR 5194(H)(2), Hazard communication General
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $560, current $560. 28 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Abatement due Oct 20, 2017, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3203(A)(4), Injury and Illness Prevention Program Serious
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $22,500, current $22,500. 3 instances. 28 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Abatement due Oct 2, 2017, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3328(A)(2), Machinery and equipment, general Serious
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $18,000, current $18,000. 28 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 3380(F)(1), Personal protective equipment Serious
Issued Sep 15, 2017. Proposed $9,000, current $9,000. 1 workers exposed. Contested Sep 29, 2017, final order Jun 10, 2019. Read the rule.

The accident

Mar 16, 2017. Plumbing foreman is burned by hot water
Keywords: burn,construction,glove,hand,hot water,installing,ppe,pipe,pipe plug,plumbing 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 342210614. 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 342210614, 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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