Shim, Inc dba Berkeley Touchless Car Wash safety record at a glance
Shim, Inc dba Berkeley Touchless Car Wash has been the subject of 3 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 20, 2006 and Aug 18, 2008. 1 of them were follow-up inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 10 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $3,610 in penalties, and that total stands. The largest single penalty, $1,825, came from an inspection opened Jul 20, 2006 in Berkeley. That places the employer at #30,251 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Other Services (except Public Administration). Worksites in Berkeley.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2008 | Berkeley | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Sep 19, 2008 |
| Aug 6, 2007 | Berkeley | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,785 | Feb 10, 2009 |
| Jul 20, 2006 | Berkeley | Planned | 5 citations | $1,825 | Apr 2, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Shim dba Berkeley Touchless Car Wash.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3366, Washing Facilities: 4 citations, $1,300
- 8 CCR 3214, Stair rails and handrails: 1 citation, $485
- 8 CCR 5097, Hearing Conservation Program: 1 citation, $485
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $365
- 8 CCR 3364, Sanitary facilities: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 461, Permits to Operate: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 2420.3, Exposed Wiring, Uses Permitted: 1 citation, $325
Local pages: Berkeley 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 Shim, Inc dba Berkeley Touchless Car Wash
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.