Inspection record, Santa Rosa

West Sonoma County Disposal Inc Cal/OSHA Inspection, Sep 20, 2004

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

Accident inspection in Santa Rosa: 5 citations, $5,700. The employer's only inspection on record.

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.

What happened in this inspection

Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of West Sonoma County Disposal Inc at 3417 Standish Avenue, Santa Rosa (Sonoma County) on Sep 20, 2004. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 90 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 5 citations (3 serious) and proposed $25,500 in penalties; the current total is $5,700. The case closed on Jul 16, 2007.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3314 G, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Oct 25, 2004. Proposed $450, current $0. Abatement due Nov 28, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3203 A07, Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Oct 25, 2004. Proposed $300, current $300. Abatement due Nov 28, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3314 A, Lockout and cleaning of machinery Serious
Issued Oct 25, 2004. Proposed $18,000, current $2,700. Abatement due Nov 3, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3210 B, Guardrails at elevated locations Serious
Issued Oct 25, 2004. Proposed $2,700, current $2,700. Abatement due Nov 3, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 3328 G, Machinery and equipment, general Serious
Issued Oct 25, 2004. Proposed $4,050, current $0. Abatement due Oct 28, 2004, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Sep 20, 2004. Employee's Arm Is Injured When Caught in Machine
Keywords: fracture,maintenance,duct,fan,caught by,jammed,lockout,arm,blade,hand 1 hospitalized

Your rights

If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 119633758. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 119633758, checked Nov 1, 2026. How to read a record. 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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