Inspection record, Sunnyvale

Ara Automated Finishing Cal/OSHA Inspection, Nov 3, 2003

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

Complaint inspection in Sunnyvale: 8 citations, $5,325. 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 a complaint inspection of Ara Automated Finishing at 1286 Anvilwood Avenue, Sunnyvale (Santa Clara County) on Nov 3, 2003. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. 12 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 8 citations (1 serious) and proposed $5,325 in penalties; the current total is $5,325. The case closed on Jul 6, 2007.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 2340.22(a) General
Issued May 5, 2004. Proposed $225, current $225. 3 instances. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due May 18, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3364 B, Sanitary facilities General
Issued May 5, 2004. Proposed $150, current $150. 4 workers exposed. Abatement due May 18, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3366 D General
Issued May 5, 2004. Proposed $150, current $150. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due May 13, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3661 C General
Issued May 5, 2004. Proposed $150, current $150. 5 instances. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due May 18, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3668 F, Powered industrial trucks, training General
Issued May 5, 2004. Proposed $150, current $150. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 7, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 6151 E02, Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued May 5, 2004. Proposed $225, current $225. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 7, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 6151 G04, Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued May 5, 2004. Proposed $225, current $225. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 7, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 5162 E, Emergency eyewash and shower Serious
Issued May 5, 2004. Proposed $4,050, current $4,050. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due May 10, 2004, completed. Read the rule.

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 119691475. 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 119691475, 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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