Black Diamond Blade safety record at a glance
Black Diamond Blade has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 22, 2013 and Sep 10, 2019. 2 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $23,705 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,930. The largest single penalty, $3,240, came from an inspection opened May 3, 2017 in Sacramento. That places the employer at #19,333 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Sacramento.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2019 | Sacramento | Accident | 7 citations | $2,750 $3,270 proposed | Jan 13, 2022 |
| Aug 29, 2018 | Sacramento | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Sep 10, 2018 |
| May 3, 2017 | Sacramento | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $3,240 $3,750 proposed | Oct 9, 2017 |
| Feb 22, 2013 | Sacramento | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 1 serious | $940 $16,685 proposed | Jan 18, 2014 |
Also recorded as: Black Diamond Blade, Inc dba Cutting Edge Supply; Black Diamond Blade Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5206, Chromium (VI): 3 citations, $1,265
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $940
- 8 CCR 3384, Hand Protection: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,865
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $540
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3277, Fixed Ladders: 1 citation, $315
- 8 CCR 2340.12, Mechanical Execution of Work: 1 citation, $315
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $315
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Black Diamond Blade
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 4, 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.