Inspection record, Pomona

Richard and Sons LLC dba Island Car Wash Cal/OSHA Inspection, May 14, 2019

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Planned inspection in Pomona: 3 citations, $1,500. One of 2 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 planned inspection of Richard and Sons LLC dba Island Car Wash at 370 W. Foothill Bl., Pomona (Los Angeles County) on May 14, 2019. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. 8 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 3 citations (1 serious) and proposed $6,405 in penalties; the current total is $1,500. 3 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Jan 21, 2022. The employer has 1 other inspection 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 5194(F)(10), Hazard communication General
Issued Jun 12, 2019. Proposed $335, current $150. 5 instances. 8 workers exposed. Contested Jun 27, 2019, final order Oct 23, 2019. Abatement due Jul 17, 2019, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4051(A) General
Issued Jun 12, 2019. Proposed $3,035, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jun 27, 2019, final order Oct 24, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 4482(B) Serious
Issued Jun 12, 2019. Proposed $3,035, current $1,350. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jun 27, 2019, final order Oct 24, 2019. 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 344008040. 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 344008040, 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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