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HELIX CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
$20,250
penalties
10
viol.
1
insp.

HELIX CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

7323 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, LA MESA, CA 91942NAICS 611110 Elementary and Secondary Schools

Inspections
1
Jan 2020 to Jan 2020 · 1 safety, 0 health
Violations
10
across 1 inspection
Penalties on record
$20,250
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 1Willful 0Repeat 0Other 9

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Inspection records

Jan 16, 2020Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#344562715$20,25010 viol.

Inspection #344562715

Dates

Opened
Jan 16, 2020
Closing Conference Date
Apr 3, 2020
Contested
Apr 29, 2020
Final Order
Jun 22, 2020
Closed
Aug 17, 2020

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
200
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
10
Violation Types
1 serious, 9 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$22,760
Penalties on Record
$20,250
Site Address
7323 University Avenue, La Mesa, CA 91942
Industry
611110 Elementary and Secondary Schools

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.

HospitalizationOct 16, 2019

Employee trimming palm tree fronds punctures arm

Event: Rubbed/Abraded

Violations

Violation list (10 of 10 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010012340.16
Work Space About Electric Equipment
OSHA citation code: 23400016 A
Other13$420$225May 6, 2020Apr 29, 2020Jun 22, 2020
010022340.17
Guarding of Energized Parts
OSHA citation code: 23400017 A
Other13$420$225May 6, 2020Apr 29, 2020Jun 22, 2020
010033203(A)
Injury and Illness Prevention Program
Other11$560$450May 6, 2020Apr 29, 2020Jun 22, 2020
010043380(F)(1)
Personal Protective Devices
Other11$560$225May 6, 2020Apr 29, 2020Jun 22, 2020
010053395(H)(1)
Heat Illness Prevention in Outdoor Places of Employment
Other11$560$450Apr 29, 2020Jun 22, 2020
010063395(I)
Heat Illness Prevention in Outdoor Places of Employment
Other11$560$225Apr 29, 2020Jun 22, 2020
010075194(E)(1)
Hazard Communication
Other11$560$450May 6, 2020Apr 29, 2020Jun 22, 2020
010085194(G)(8)
Hazard Communication
Other11$560$0May 6, 2020Apr 29, 2020Jun 22, 2020
010095194(H)(1)
Hazard Communication
Other11$560$0May 6, 2020Apr 29, 2020Jun 22, 2020
020013383(A)
Body Protection
Serious11$18,000$18,000Apr 17, 2020Apr 29, 2020Jun 22, 2020
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About these records

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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.

OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.

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

2340.16Work Space About Electric Equipment1 citation · $225
2340.17Guarding of Energized Parts1 citation · $225
3203(A)Injury and Illness Prevention Program1 citation · $450

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer10.0
Industry average2.1
Penalties per inspection
This employer$20,250
Industry average$983

Educational Services, 15,801 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: elementary and secondary schools reported 2.4 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 4.7%; NAICS 6111 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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