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Firebaugh Tire: OSHA inspections and violations

Firebaugh, California · Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423130

1inspections
4citation items
$53,600current penalties
May 14, 2021last inspection

Firebaugh Tire has one OSHA inspection on record in California.

OSHA opened it on May 14, 2021 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Firebaugh.

From that inspection OSHA issued 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $53,600 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Firebaugh Tire averages $53,600 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Firebaugh Tire: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345370977 OPENED MAY 14, 2021Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Aug 28, 2023

801 N St., Firebaugh, CA 93622 · Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 12, 2021 (fatal): Employee is killed when car falls off jack

At 5:00 p.m. on May 12, 2021, an employee, working part-time in a tire shop, was under a customer's car changing the oil. The car was lifted and supported by a jack but there were no jack stands. The jack failed and the car fell onto the employee resulting in crushing injuries to his head and abdomen and severe bleeding. The employee died from his injuries.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 342(A)
 Other-than-serious$5,000$5,000Sep 9, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3203(A)(4)
 Serious$16,200$16,200Sep 9, 2021Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 3203(A)(7)
 Serious$16,200$16,200Sep 9, 2021Final
Citation 4, item 1
29 CFR 3562(E)
 Serious$16,200$16,200Sep 9, 2021Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

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