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AVALON COMMUNICATIONS
$785
penalties
5
viol.
2
insp.

AVALON COMMUNICATIONS

3238 W. 131ST ST., HAWTHORNE, CA 90250

Inspections
2
Nov 1993 to May 1994 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
5
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$785
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 1Willful 0Repeat 0Other 4

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Inspection records

May 25, 1994Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#120036785$3004 viol.

Inspection #120036785

Dates

Opened
May 25, 1994
Closing Conference Date
Aug 12, 1994
Closed
May 3, 1995

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
30
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
4
Violation Types
4 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$405
Penalties on Record
$300
Site Address
3238 W. 131st St., Hawthorne, CA 90250
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.

Violations

Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010012340.16
Work Space About Electric Equipment
OSHA citation code: 23400016 C
Other12$135$100Aug 4, 1994--
010026151
Portable Fire Extinguishers
OSHA citation code: 6151 C01
Other12$135$100Aug 4, 1994--
010036151
Portable Fire Extinguishers
OSHA citation code: 6151 C04
Other12$0$0Aug 4, 1994--
010044075
Gears and Sprockets
OSHA citation code: 4075 A
Other11$135$100Aug 4, 1994--
Nov 2, 1993Accident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#120044599$4851 viol.

Inspection #120044599

Dates

Opened
Nov 2, 1993
Closing Conference Date
Mar 1, 1994
Closed
Jun 15, 1994

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
35
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$3,750
Penalties on Record
$485
Site Address
3238 W. 131st St., Hawthorne, CA 90250
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

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 25, 1993

Employee injured when arm caught between in-running rollers

Injury: Cut/LacerationBody part: Lower ArmSource: MachineEvent: Caught In or Between

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010014002
Moving Parts of Machinery or Equipment
OSHA citation code: 4002 A
Serious22$3,750$485Mar 14, 1994--
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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.

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

6151Portable Fire Extinguishers2 citations · $100
2340.16Work Space About Electric Equipment1 citation · $100
4002Moving Parts of Machinery or Equipment1 citation · $485

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