What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of Solar Optimum, Inc. at 701 E 28th St, Signal Hill (Los Angeles County) on Jan 10, 2019. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 100 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 4 citations (2 serious) and proposed $17,550 in penalties; the current total is $15,075. 4 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Dec 19, 2022. The employer has 2 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 May 23, 2019. Proposed $450, current $0. 16 workers exposed. Contested Jun 13, 2019, final order Nov 4, 2022. Read the rule.
Issued May 23, 2019. Proposed $450, current $450. 2 workers exposed. Contested Jun 13, 2019, final order Nov 4, 2022. Read the rule.
Issued May 23, 2019. Proposed $4,050, current $2,025. 2 workers exposed. Contested Jun 13, 2019, final order Nov 4, 2022. Read the rule.
Issued May 23, 2019. Proposed $12,600, current $12,600. 2 workers exposed. Contested Jun 13, 2019, final order Nov 4, 2022. Read the rule.
The accident
Keywords: caught between,construction,crushing,guardrail,installing,pinned,scissor lift,solar,steel beam 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 343707980. 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 343707980, 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 A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change.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.