Inspection record, Watsonville

Coast Cooling, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jan 10, 2023

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Accident inspection in Watsonville: 3 citations, $15,000. 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 an accident inspection of Coast Cooling, Inc. at 209 Riverside Rd, Watsonville (Santa Cruz County) on Jan 10, 2023. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 50 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 3 citations (1 serious) and proposed $15,220 in penalties; the current total is $15,000. 1 citation was contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Jan 16, 2024. 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 3203(A), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Jun 5, 2023. Proposed $410, current $300. 2 instances. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3328(B), Machinery and equipment, general General
Issued Jun 5, 2023. Proposed $410, current $300. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3314(D), Lockout and cleaning of machinery Serious
Issued Jun 5, 2023. Proposed $14,400, current $14,400. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jun 30, 2023, final order Oct 31, 2023. 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 346426372. 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 346426372, 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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