What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of Southern Contracting Company at 4182 Quapaw Ave, San Diego (San Diego County) on Aug 7, 2018. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 150 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 1 citation (1 serious) and proposed $18,000 in penalties; the current total is $18,000. 1 citation was contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Jan 16, 2020. The employer has 4 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 9, 2018. Proposed $18,000, current $18,000. 1 workers exposed. Contested Nov 15, 2018, final order Jan 13, 2020. Abatement due Nov 26, 2018, completed. Read the rule.
The accident
Keywords: back,bucket ,contusion,crushing,excavation,excavator,fracture,head,jackhammer,rib,rotary hammer,shovel,spine,struck by,traumatic,trench,vertebra 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 343364121. 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 343364121, 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 A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change.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.