Inspection record, Los Angeles

La Barca Tortilleria Inc Cal/OSHA Inspection, Aug 29, 2017

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

Planned inspection in Los Angeles: 21 citations, $9,440. 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 La Barca Tortilleria Inc at 3047 E. Whittier BLVD., Los Angeles (Los Angeles County) on Aug 29, 2017. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. 70 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 21 citations (7 serious) and proposed $20,885 in penalties; the current total is $9,440. 21 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Jun 26, 2018.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 4300.32(a) General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $275, current $200. 70 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Abatement due Jan 22, 2018, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 461(C) General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $275, current $200. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 780(C) General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $275, current $200. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3203(B), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $275, current $200. 70 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3320 General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $275, current $200. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 2340.17(a) General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $275, current $100. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 2340.22(b) General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $135, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Abatement due Jan 22, 2018, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 2473.1(b) General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $135, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 3220(A), Emergency action plan General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $135, current $100. 70 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 01010: 8 CCR 3314(G)(2)(A), Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $550, current $100. 2 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Abatement due Jan 22, 2018, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01011: 8 CCR 3481(A) General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $135, current $100. 2 instances. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 01012: 8 CCR 4051(A) General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $135, current $100. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 01013: 8 CCR 5194(E)(1), Hazard communication General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $135, current $100. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Abatement due Jan 22, 2018, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01014: 8 CCR 5097(B) General
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $550, current $100. 70 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Abatement due Jan 22, 2018, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3577(E) Serious
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $2,475, current $1,800. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3578(G) Serious
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $2,475, current $180. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 4070(A) Serious
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $2,475, current $1,800. 4 instances. 4 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 05001: 8 CCR 4545(A) Serious
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $2,475, current $1,800. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 06001: 8 CCR 4545(B) Serious
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $2,475, current $180. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 07001: 8 CCR 5162(A), Emergency eyewash and shower Serious
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $2,475, current $1,800. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. Read the rule.
Citation 08001: 8 CCR 5162(B), Emergency eyewash and shower Serious
Issued Dec 22, 2017. Proposed $2,475, current $180. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 27, 2017, final order Jun 5, 2018. 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 342601705. 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 342601705, 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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