Inspection record, East Palo Alto

Romic Environmental Technologies Cal/OSHA Inspection, Mar 26, 2007

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

Planned inspection in East Palo Alto: 3 citations, $3,000. One of 7 inspections on this employer's record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 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 Romic Environmental Technologies at 2081 Bay Road, East Palo Alto (Santa Clara County) on Mar 26, 2007. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on health hazards. 220 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 3 citations (1 serious) and proposed $5,700 in penalties; the current total is $3,000. 3 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Mar 1, 2009. The employer has 6 other inspections 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 6151 C01, Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued Mar 28, 2007. Proposed $0, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Aug 8, 2007, final order Dec 30, 2008. Abatement due Apr 30, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 461 C General
Issued Jul 3, 2007. Proposed $300, current $300. Contested Aug 8, 2007, final order Dec 30, 2008. Abatement due Aug 5, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 5162 C, Emergency eyewash and shower Serious
Issued Jul 3, 2007. Proposed $5,400, current $2,700. 1 workers exposed. Contested Aug 8, 2007, final order Dec 30, 2008. Abatement due Jul 13, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3221 B, Fire prevention plan General deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 3, 2007. Proposed $450, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Aug 8, 2007, final order Dec 30, 2008. Abatement due Aug 5, 2007, 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 125763441. 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 125763441, 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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