Rainin Instrument, LLC safety record at a glance
Rainin Instrument, LLC has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 30, 2001 and Apr 24, 2014. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $7,760 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,350. The largest single penalty, $4,415, came from an inspection opened Dec 8, 2005 in Oakland. That places the employer at #23,844 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Oakland, Emeryville.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2014 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 2, 2014 |
| Nov 18, 2013 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 25, 2014 |
| Feb 13, 2013 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $935 | $935 | Sep 20, 2013 |
| Dec 8, 2005 | Oakland | Complaint | 16 citations | $6,825 | $4,415 | Jun 29, 2006 |
| Mar 30, 2001 | Emeryville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 25, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Rainin Instrument Company, Inc.; Rainin Instrument LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $1,385
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 5185: 1 citation, $335
- 8 CCR 5110: 1 citation, $335
- 8 CCR 5143: 1 citation, $335
- 8 CCR 4848: 1 citation, $335
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $300
Local pages: Oakland 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 Rainin Instrument, LLC
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.