American Xtal Technology safety record at a glance
American Xtal Technology has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 4, 2000 and Jun 6, 2003. 3 of them were complaint inspections. All of them produced citations, 57 in all: 11 serious, 4 willful, 2 repeat. Inspectors proposed $336,855 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $215,155. The largest single penalty, $198,655, came from an inspection opened Feb 4, 2000 in Fremont. That places the employer at #93 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Fremont.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2003 | Fremont | Complaint | 5 citations 1 willful 2 repeat | $20,000 | $14,000 | Sep 18, 2007 |
| Aug 7, 2002 | Fremont | Follow-up | 4 citations | $1,440 | $740 | Sep 20, 2006 |
| May 17, 2000 | Fremont | Complaint | 6 citations | $1,760 | $1,760 | Sep 28, 2006 |
| Feb 4, 2000 | Fremont | Complaint | 42 citations 11 serious 3 willful | $313,655 | $198,655 | Sep 25, 2006 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5214: 18 citations, 5 serious, $177,820
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 1 serious, $6,530
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 3 citations, $1,035
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $785
- 8 CCR 5192: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,795
- 8 CCR 4848: 2 citations, $755
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $710
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 2 citations, $700
Local pages: Fremont employment lawyer.
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at American Xtal Technology
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 1, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.