Inspection record, Ontario

U.S.A Cold Storage Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jan 22, 2020

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Complaint inspection in Ontario: 19 citations, $62,325. The employer's only inspection on 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 complaint inspection of U.S.A Cold Storage at 541 East Emporia Street, Ontario (San Bernardino County) on Jan 22, 2020. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 7 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 19 citations (5 serious) and proposed $62,325 in penalties; the current total is $62,325. The case is still open.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3210(A), Guardrails at elevated locations General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $600, current $600. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3321(A) General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $750, current $750. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3249(B) General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $600, current $600. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3273(A), Working area, floors and walkways General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $450, current $450. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3380(F)(1), Personal protective equipment General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $300, current $300. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 4070(A) General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $750, current $750. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 4310(A) General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $900, current $900. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 4650(D) General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $300, current $300. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 5162(B), Emergency eyewash and shower General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $375, current $375. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01010: 8 CCR 5185(B) General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $600, current $600. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01011: 8 CCR 5185(N) General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $600, current $600. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01012: 8 CCR 5562(A) General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $750, current $750. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01013: 8 CCR 5609 General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $600, current $600. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01014: 8 CCR 6184(B) General
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $750, current $750. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due May 6, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3248(A) Serious
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $10,800, current $10,800. 8 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 13, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3328(C), Machinery and equipment, general Serious
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $10,800, current $10,800. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 13, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 3328(G), Machinery and equipment, general Serious
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $10,800, current $10,800. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 13, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 05001: 8 CCR 5162(A), Emergency eyewash and shower Serious
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $10,800, current $10,800. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 13, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 06001: 8 CCR 5162(C), Emergency eyewash and shower Serious
Issued Apr 1, 2020. Proposed $10,800, current $10,800. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 13, 2020, completed. 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 344573795. 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 344573795, 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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