Brake Parts, Inc. safety record at a glance
Brake Parts, Inc. has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 16, 2005 and May 20, 2024. 8 of them were complaint inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 22 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $35,960 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $18,220. The largest single penalty, $11,040, came from an inspection opened May 30, 2007 in Chowchilla. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #7,892 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 11 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Patterson, Chowchilla.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2024 | Patterson | Complaint | 1 citation | $450 $750 proposed | Dec 21, 2024 |
| May 7, 2024 | Patterson | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | $0 | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Mar 29, 2023 | Patterson | Complaint | 1 citation | $315 | Jun 12, 2023 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Patterson | Complaint | 6 citations | $2,380 | May 2, 2023 |
| Oct 23, 2018 | Patterson | Planned | 3 citations | $1,400 | Jan 22, 2019 |
| Mar 26, 2018 | Patterson | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $650 | Aug 2, 2018 |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Chowchilla | Unprogrammed related | 4 citations | $1,800 | Nov 21, 2017 |
| Aug 30, 2012 | Chowchilla | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 11, 2012 |
| Jun 29, 2011 | Chowchilla | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | Sep 6, 2011 |
| Apr 2, 2008 | Chowchilla | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 3, 2008 |
| Nov 6, 2007 | Chowchilla | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 6, 2007 |
| May 30, 2007 | Chowchilla | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $11,040 $28,480 proposed | Dec 29, 2008 |
| Nov 16, 2005 | Chowchilla | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 2, 2005 |
Also recorded as: Brake Parts Inc; Brake Parts LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $875
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $870
- 8 CCR 3301, Use of Compressed Air or Gases: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 2340.2, Examination, Installation, and Use of Equipment: 1 citation, $800
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 4650, Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders: 1 citation, $465
Accidents investigated
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Brake Parts, Inc.
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.