Inspection record, Signal Hill

Office Depot Cal/OSHA Inspection, Nov 21, 2019

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Planned inspection in Signal Hill: 7 citations, $13,385. One of 29 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 Office Depot at 3366 E. Willow St., Signal Hill (Los Angeles County) on Nov 21, 2019. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. 358 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 7 citations (4 serious) and proposed $23,900 in penalties; the current total is $13,385. 7 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 4 citations were deleted on appeal and are not counted. The case closed on Mar 11, 2021. The employer has 28 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 461(A) General
Issued Feb 5, 2020. Proposed $425, current $350. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Contested Feb 26, 2020, final order Jan 22, 2021. Abatement due Mar 9, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3320 General
Issued Feb 5, 2020. Proposed $210, current $175. 3 workers exposed. Contested Feb 26, 2020, final order Jan 22, 2021. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 5144(C), Respiratory protection General
Issued Feb 5, 2020. Proposed $315, current $260. 3 workers exposed. Contested Feb 26, 2020, final order Jan 22, 2021. Abatement due Mar 9, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 2473.1(b) Serious
Issued Feb 5, 2020. Proposed $3,825, current $3,150. 3 workers exposed. Contested Feb 26, 2020, final order Jan 22, 2021. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3385(A), Foot protection Serious
Issued Feb 5, 2020. Proposed $7,650, current $3,150. 5 workers exposed. Contested Feb 26, 2020, final order Jan 22, 2021. Abatement due Feb 14, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 05001: 8 CCR 3578(G) Serious
Issued Feb 5, 2020. Proposed $3,825, current $3,150. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Contested Feb 26, 2020, final order Jan 22, 2021. Read the rule.
Citation 06001: 8 CCR 5185(N) Serious
Issued Feb 5, 2020. Proposed $7,650, current $3,150. 1 workers exposed. Contested Feb 26, 2020, final order Jan 22, 2021. Abatement due Feb 14, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3241(A), Live loads General deleted on appeal
Issued Feb 5, 2020. Proposed $425, current $0. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Contested Feb 26, 2020, final order Jan 22, 2021. Abatement due Mar 9, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 5144(D)(1)(B), Respiratory protection General deleted on appeal
Issued Feb 5, 2020. Proposed $315, current $0. 2 instances. 3 workers exposed. Contested Feb 26, 2020, final order Jan 22, 2021. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 6151(C)(1), Portable fire extinguishers Repeat deleted on appeal
Issued Feb 5, 2020. Proposed $1,000, current $0. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Contested Feb 26, 2020, final order Jan 22, 2021. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 3577(E) Repeat deleted on appeal
Issued Feb 5, 2020. Proposed $18,000, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Feb 26, 2020, final order Jan 22, 2021. 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 344475983. 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 344475983, 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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