HERCULES AEROSPACE COMPANY
AREA 1123 - IC, EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA 93516
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Inspection records
Sep 8, 1990#102320595Sep 8, 1990Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#102320595$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #102320595
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 8, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 14, 1990
- Closed
- Sep 20, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 24
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Bldg. 8844, Edwards Air Force Base, CA 93523
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Sep 7, 1990#111942157Sep 7, 1990FatalityUnprogrammed Related (G) · Complete scope, SafetyFatality#111942157$10,5006 viol.6 violations$10,500 in penalties
Inspection #111942157
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 7, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 14, 1991
- Closed
- Dec 16, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 25
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 4 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $10,500
- Penalties on Record
- $10,500
- Site Address
- Area 1123 - Ic, Edwards Air Force Base, CA 93516
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
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.
One killed, three hurt when crane counterweights fall
Violations
Violation list (6 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 14301 Log and Summary of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses OSHA citation code: 14301 A01 | Other | 1 | 19 | $0 | $0 | Feb 28, 1991 | - | - |
| 01002 | 2340.23 Openings (Repealed) | Other | 4 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 15, 1991 | - | - |
| 02001 | 3203 Injury and Illness Prevention Program OSHA citation code: 3203 A01 | Serious | 1 | 19 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Mar 15, 1991 | - | - |
| 03001 | 3220 Emergency Action Plan OSHA citation code: 3220 B01 | Serious | 1 | 19 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Mar 15, 1991 | - | - |
| 04001 | 3328 Machinery and Equipment OSHA citation code: 3328 A | Serious | 1 | 19 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Feb 28, 1991 | - | - |
| 05001 | 4999 Handling Loads OSHA citation code: 4999 A | Serious | 1 | 19 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Feb 28, 1991 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
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.
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.
2 inspections, 1990 to 1990. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.