Employer record, Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections

SBC Cal/OSHA Inspections and Citations

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

SBC: 55 inspections, 38 citations and $34,175 in penalties, 3 deaths investigated, latest opened Aug 5, 2008.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

SBC safety record at a glance

SBC has been the subject of 55 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 19, 2002 and Aug 5, 2008. 41 of them were complaint inspections. 17 of them produced citations, 38 in all: 6 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $87,735 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $34,175. The largest single penalty, $8,700, came from an inspection opened Nov 12, 2004 in San Ramon. 3 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #2,852 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 5 federal wage and hour cases.

Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Information; Construction; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in Stockton, Dublin, Fullerton, San Jose, Greenfield, Gold River, Los Angeles, Santa Maria.

Every inspection, newest first

Click a date for the citations in that inspection.

OpenedCityWhyResultProposedPenaltyClosed
Aug 5, 2008StocktonAccidentno inspection made00Aug 11, 2008
Jul 27, 2006DublinComplaintno citations00Aug 24, 2006
Mar 29, 2006FullertonComplaintno citations00Mar 29, 2006
Feb 9, 2006San JoseComplaintno citations00Feb 21, 2006
Jan 20, 2006GreenfieldUnprogrammed related1 citation$5,435$375Oct 23, 2008
Oct 14, 2005Gold RiverComplaintno inspection made00Oct 27, 2005
Oct 5, 2005Los AngelesComplaintno citations00Oct 7, 2005
Sep 21, 2005Gold RiverComplaintno citations00Feb 23, 2006
Sep 1, 2005San JoseComplaintno citations00Dec 13, 2005
Aug 25, 2005Santa MariaAccidentdeath 1 citation 1 serious$18,000$7,500Dec 31, 2008
Aug 8, 2005SacramentoComplaint1 citation$420$420Apr 30, 2007
Aug 4, 2005McKinleyvillePlannedno citations00Jun 9, 2006
Aug 3, 2005NapaComplaintno citations00Sep 23, 2005
Jun 24, 2005San JoseComplaintno citations00Dec 22, 2005
Jun 23, 2005Los AngelesComplaintno citations00Jul 6, 2005
Jun 15, 2005Rohnert ParkComplaint1 citation00Dec 10, 2005
Jun 10, 2005PleasantonComplaint7 citations$600$600Jun 29, 2006
May 19, 2005Fort BraggComplaintno citations00Jun 15, 2005
May 13, 2005San GabrielAccidentno citations00Aug 22, 2005
Apr 21, 2005Red BluffComplaintno citations00May 20, 2005
Apr 12, 2005ModestoComplaintno citations00May 12, 2005
Apr 8, 2005San RamonComplaintno citations00May 4, 2005
Mar 8, 2005San LeandroAccident1 citation$2,700$150Oct 5, 2006
Feb 23, 2005HaywardComplaintno citations00Mar 30, 2005
Feb 1, 2005ChicoPlannedno citations00Apr 19, 2005
Nov 23, 2004Nevada CityAccidentno citations00Apr 19, 2005
Nov 22, 2004ConcordAccidentno citations00Dec 22, 2004
Nov 12, 2004San RamonComplaint5 citations 3 serious$16,800$8,700Nov 22, 2006
Sep 23, 2004TorranceComplaintno citations00Oct 15, 2004
Sep 13, 2004TustinComplaintno inspection made00Sep 17, 2004
Aug 31, 2004BakersfieldComplaint1 citation$185$185Sep 13, 2010
Aug 11, 2004AnaheimComplaintno inspection made00Aug 23, 2004
Aug 2, 2004Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Dec 17, 2004
Jul 26, 2004JulianAccidentdeath 2 citations 1 serious$23,000$3,000Sep 13, 2010
Jul 8, 2004OaklandComplaintno citations00Aug 9, 2004
May 14, 2004TustinComplaintno citations00Aug 26, 2004
Apr 22, 2004San JoseComplaintno citations00Nov 10, 2004
Mar 18, 2004Chula VistaComplaintno citations00Mar 18, 2004
Mar 11, 2004AnaheimComplaintno citations00Sep 13, 2004
Mar 10, 2004San FranciscoComplaint1 citation$150$150Jul 26, 2006
Mar 8, 2004San RamonComplaint1 citation 1 repeat$3,000$3,000Jun 8, 2005
Jan 18, 2004ReddingAccidentdeath no citations00Jun 9, 2004
Dec 4, 2003PasadenaComplaintno citations00Mar 1, 2004
Nov 26, 2003West SacramentoComplaintno citations00Feb 4, 2004
Nov 24, 2003SacramentoComplaintno citations00Jan 22, 2004
Nov 7, 2003San RamonComplaint2 citations$1,3500Mar 4, 2004
Oct 30, 2003PasadenaComplaint1 citation$185$185Jul 5, 2006
Oct 22, 2003SacramentoComplaintno citations00Dec 16, 2003
Oct 3, 2003PasadenaComplaintno citations00Jul 23, 2005
Jul 22, 2003SacramentoComplaintno citations00Aug 29, 2003
Jul 15, 2003San DiegoReferral2 citations 1 serious$6,250$6,250Jan 9, 2009
Jul 2, 2003San DiegoComplaint7 citations$2,235$2,235Aug 13, 2008
May 7, 2003San JoseComplaintno citations00Sep 23, 2003
Feb 26, 2003YrekaPlanned1 citation$6,750$750Aug 2, 2007
Nov 19, 2002Los AngelesComplaint3 citations$675$675Jan 13, 2003

Also recorded as: SBC Corporation.

The rules this employer was cited under

Accidents investigated

Apr 3, 2008, Stockton. Employee Dislocates Knee in Fall from Ladder Inspection
Aug 24, 2005, Santa Maria. Worker Is Killed While Repairing a Telephone Line 1 death Inspection
Apr 25, 2005, San Gabriel. Employee's Leg Is Fractured in Fall from Telephone Pole 1 hospitalized Inspection
Mar 7, 2005, San Leandro. Employee Is Injured When Struck by Forklift 1 hospitalized Inspection
Nov 10, 2004, Concord. Employee Slips on Wet Floor and Fractures Leg 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jul 23, 2004, Julian. Employee Dies of Hyperthermia 1 death Inspection
Jul 12, 2004, Los Angeles. Employee Injures Ankle in Fall from Pole During Training 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jan 18, 2004, Redding. Employee electrocuted when struck by high voltage line 1 death Inspection

Local pages: Stockton employment lawyer, Fullerton 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 SBC

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.

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