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BICKERTON INDUSTRIES INC
$975
penalties
3
viol.
2
insp.

BICKERTON INDUSTRIES INC

22118 S VERMONT AVENUE, TORRANCE, CA 90502NAICS 332312 Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing

Inspections
2
Oct 2005 to Dec 2007 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
3
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$975
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 0Willful 0Repeat 0Other 3

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Inspection records

Dec 20, 2007Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#309907798$2751 viol.

Inspection #309907798

Dates

Opened
Dec 20, 2007
Closing Conference Date
Jan 17, 2008
Contested
Feb 4, 2008
Final Order
Sep 3, 2008
Closed
Jul 8, 2009

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
50
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$350
Penalties on Record
$275
Site Address
22118 S Vermont Avenue, Torrance, CA 90502
Industry
332312 Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing

Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010015021
Equipment over Three Tons Rated Capacity
OSHA citation code: 5021 A
Other720$350$275Feb 6, 2008Feb 4, 2008Sep 3, 2008
Oct 1, 2005FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#305479867$7002 viol.

Inspection #305479867

Dates

Opened
Oct 1, 2005
Closing Conference Date
Mar 28, 2006
Final Order
Aug 20, 2007
Closed
Dec 31, 2007

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
55
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
2 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$11,100
Penalties on Record
$700
Site Address
22118 S Vermont Avenue, Torrance, CA 90502
Industry
236210 Industrial Building Construction

Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

FatalityOct 1, 2005

Employee is crushed between overhead light and crane

Injury: OtherBody part: AbdomenSource: Hoisting ApparatusEvent: Caught In or Between

Violations

Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010024991
Travel
OSHA citation code: 4991 A
Other11$300$300May 3, 2006-Aug 20, 2007
020013314
The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout
OSHA citation code: 3314 C
Other11$10,800$400Apr 12, 2006-Aug 20, 2007
Inspections 1 to 2 of 2, newest first

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About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.

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OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.

Understanding These Penalties

The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.

Standards cited

3314The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout1 citation · $400
4991Travel1 citation · $300
5021Equipment over Three Tons Rated Capacity1 citation · $275

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer1.5
Industry average3.3
Penalties per inspection
This employer$488
Industry average$2,287

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, 48,574 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

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