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RTC Aerospace: OSHA inspections and violations

Chatsworth, California · Aircraft Manufacturing · NAICS 336411

1inspections
2citation items
$1,120current penalties
Jan 22, 2021last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited RTC Aerospace in California one time.

It opened on Jan 22, 2021 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Chatsworth.

In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $1,120 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. RTC Aerospace averages $1,120 across 1 cited inspection.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

RTC Aerospace also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

RTC Aerospace: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345135644 OPENED JAN 22, 2021Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 122 employees at the site · Closed Jun 2, 2021

20409 Prairie St., Chatsworth, CA 91311 · Aircraft Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 9, 2020 (fatal): Three employees with covid-19 infection are hospitalized, on

On December 9, 2020, three employees who worked for an aerospace company were reported to have contracted COVID-19. Employee #1 last worked on December 9, 2020, on which date he took a COVID-19 test which was positive. On December 21, 2020, Employee #1 was hospitalized. On December 4, 2020, Employee #2 was tested for COVID-19 and on December 9, 2020, the employee received a positive test result. Employee #2 was hospitalized on December 28, 2020. Employee #3 began to experience symptoms on December 6, 2020. He notified the employer on December 7, 2020, of a positive test results. The employer conducted contact tracing but could not determine where the exposure originated. The employer decided to rule the infection as workplace spread. On December 10, 2020, Employee #3, who teleworked, went to the hospital as inpatient and was sent back home. On December 17, 2020, Employee #3 returned to the hospital and was admitted until December 21, 2020. Employee #3 later died as a result of COVID-19.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 5162(A)
Other-than-serious$560$560May 6, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 5194(F)(6)
Other-than-serious$560$560May 6, 2021Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Chatsworth site logged 11 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 137 workers: 8.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 133 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
RTC Aerospace Chatsworth Division
Chatsworth · 2025
137 1138.02.7

The rules behind these citations

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

Other aircraft manufacturing employers in California

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