Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. safety record at a glance
Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 11, 2001 and Feb 27, 2024. 7 of them were accident inspections. 1 of them produced citations, 2 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $18,750 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $1,750. The largest single penalty, $1,750, came from an inspection opened Oct 5, 2004 in Fremont. That places the employer at #42,549 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Santa Clara, Fremont, San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Jose.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2024 | Santa Clara | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 26, 2024 |
| Jun 26, 2018 | Fremont | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 8, 2021 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Nov 8, 2017 |
| Aug 26, 2015 | Santa Clara | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 8, 2016 |
| Feb 3, 2012 | Palo Alto | Planned | no citations | $0 | Feb 13, 2012 |
| Nov 3, 2008 | Santa Clara | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 28, 2011 |
| Oct 5, 2004 | Fremont | Accident | 2 citations | $1,750 $18,750 proposed | Jul 8, 2008 |
| May 22, 2002 | San Jose | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Dec 13, 2002 |
| Jul 11, 2001 | Fremont | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 16, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc; Lee's Imperial Welding; Lee's Imperial Welding Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4227, Metal Shears: 1 citation, $1,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $750
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Clara employment lawyer, Fremont employment lawyer, San Francisco 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 Lee's Imperial Welding, 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 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.