Inspection record, Etna

Les Schwab Tire Centers of California, LLC Cal/OSHA Inspection, Oct 30, 2019

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Accident inspection in Etna: 3 citations, $13,800. One of 10 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 Les Schwab Tire Centers of California, LLC at 8832 S State Highway 3, Etna (Siskiyou County) on Oct 30, 2019. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 1,000 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 3 citations (1 serious) and proposed $33,120 in penalties; the current total is $13,800. 3 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on May 11, 2020. The employer has 9 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 3203(A)(4), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Jan 2, 2020. Proposed $1,060, current $3,000. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jan 10, 2020, final order Apr 6, 2020. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3326(I) Serious
Issued Jan 2, 2020. Proposed $9,560, current $10,800. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jan 10, 2020, final order Apr 6, 2020. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3326(G) General
Issued Jan 2, 2020. Proposed $22,500, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jan 10, 2020, final order Apr 6, 2020. Read the rule.

The accident

Oct 21, 2019. Employee amputates finger when pinched between boom and whee
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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 344416243. 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 344416243, 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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