Inspection record, Arcata

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jan 25, 2006

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

Planned inspection in Arcata: 4 citations, $220. One of 2 inspections on this employer's record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,853 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

What happened in this inspection

Cal/OSHA opened a planned inspection of Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District at 7270 West End Rd., Arcata (Humboldt County) on Jan 25, 2006. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. The record lists 22 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. The employer is a local government body. Inspectors issued 4 citations (0 serious) and proposed $440 in penalties; after appeal or settlement the current total is $220. The case closed on May 31, 2006. The employer has 1 other inspection on its California record.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 1712(c)(1), Requirements for Impalement Protection General
Issued May 8, 2006. Proposed $110, current $110. 1 worker exposed. Abatement due Jun 10, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3212(a)(1), Floor openings and wall openings General
Issued Mar 2, 2006. Proposed $110, current $110. 1 worker exposed. Abatement due Jun 10, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3212(a)(2)(A), Floor openings and wall openings General
Issued Mar 2, 2006. Proposed $110, current $0. 1 worker exposed. Abatement due Jun 10, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 5144(h)(2)(A), Respiratory protection General
Issued Mar 2, 2006. Proposed $110, current $0. 2 instances. 1 worker exposed. Abatement due Jun 10, 2006, 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 125763078. 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 125763078, checked Nov 4, 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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