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Tri Cal Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Camarillo, California · Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing · NAICS 325320

9inspections
6citation items
$24,410current penalties
Jul 16, 2018last inspection

Tri Cal Inc has 9 OSHA inspections on record in California, the first in 1993.

OSHA's last visit started on Jul 16, 2018 after an accident, in Corona.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 6 citation items: 3 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $76,485 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $24,410, down 68%.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Tri Cal Inc averages $21,150 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Tri Cal Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 1993 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343304408 OPENED JUL 16, 2018Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Nov 30, 2018

1029 Railroad, Corona, CA 92882 · Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 2, 2018: Employee sustains welding burns to face, head, and eye

At 8:00 a.m. on July 2, 2018, an employee was welding while making equipment parts and was not wearing his welding mask because it was hot and hard to get into where he was welding at. The employee finished work for the day and went home not feeling well. The employee drove himself to the hospital and was admitted for burns to his head, face, and eye from not wearing the proper protection equipment. The employee sustained third degree radiation burns and was admitted to the Orange County Global Burn Center Unit.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3203(A)(2)
Serious$15,300$3,150Oct 5, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3382(A)
Serious$25,000$18,000Oct 5, 2018Final

Inspection 317809028 OPENED SEP 17, 2014Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Feb 2, 2015

28679 Road 68, Visalia, CA 93277 · Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 312911399 OPENED AUG 3, 2009Closed

Accident · No inspection · Health · 15 employees at the site · Closed Aug 3, 2009

1667 Pury Road, Mojave, CA 93501 · Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 31, 2009 (fatal): Employee dies from chemical inhalation

On July 31, 2009, Employee #1 died after inhaling a soil fumigant formulation of methyl bromide and chloropicrin. The exposure occurred after the failure of a D OT - 4BW240 low pressure vessel.

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 307455923 OPENED FEB 22, 2005Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 200 employees at the site · Closed Mar 21, 2006

Ave 64 1/2 Mi/e Of Lincoln, Mecca, CA 92882 · Exterminating and Pest Control Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 20, 2005: Employee injures his head when he falls from truck bed

At approximately 9:15 a.m. on January 20, 2005, Employee #1, a laborer, was inst ructed to drive an International Truck, Number 490, to the field to unload a rol l of plastic, 13-ft long and weighing approximately 260 pounds. At the field he climbed up the deck of the International Truck, which was 14-ft long by 8-ft wid e and 10.75-ft high. He began to untie the plastic rolls and move them to the ed ge of the platform to push them off to the ground. As he was untying a plastic r oll, he fell from the platform to the ground. Employee #1 was not wearing any pe rsonal fall protection and was hospitalized with brain damage.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3210 C
Serious$18,000$2,700Jul 20, 2005Final

Inspection 126181882 OPENED DEC 19, 2001Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 130 employees at the site · Closed Aug 13, 2004

300 E. 5th. Street, Camarillo, CA 93010 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 17, 2001: Employee fell from ladder

At around 8:30 a.m. on December 17, 2001, a tractor trailer driver sustained a s erious head injury when he fell 9.5 ft from an extended ladder. The ladder had b een set up improperly. When the employee leaned forward to put the last part on the shelf, the ladder slipped and he fell to the ground. The employee was transp orted to St Johns Hospital and later to Pleasant Valley for long term care.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3279 D07
Other-than-serious$18,000$375Feb 28, 2002Final

Inspection 126136001 OPENED JAN 25, 1999Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 17 employees at the site · Closed Oct 14, 1999

300 E. 5th. Street, Camarillo, CA 93012 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3203 A
Other-than-serious$110$110Feb 4, 1999Closed

Inspection 126215318 OPENED JAN 29, 1998Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 16 employees at the site · Closed May 7, 1998

300 E. Fifth Street, Camarillo, CA 93010 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3364 B
Other-than-serious$75$75Feb 6, 1998Closed

Inspection 126215292 OPENED JAN 23, 1998Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Jan 23, 1998

Doris And Patterson Av, Oxnard, CA 93035 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

1 older inspection

Inspection 111948980 OPENED AUG 26, 1993Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Aug 30, 1993

29341 Kimberlina Road Field # 108d, Wasco, CA 93280 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

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