Inspection record, Pacheco

Roto Rooter Cal/OSHA Inspection, Apr 23, 2002

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

Complaint inspection in Pacheco: 16 citations, $19,135. One of 3 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 complaint inspection of Roto Rooter at 5830 Pacheco BLVD., Pacheco (Alameda County) on Apr 23, 2002. It was a partial inspection focused on health hazards. 50 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 16 citations (9 serious) and proposed $27,050 in penalties; the current total is $19,135. The case closed on Feb 2, 2004. The employer has 2 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 5194 E01, Hazard communication General
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $135, current $135. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 7, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 5194 H01, Hazard communication General
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $0, current $0. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 7, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3668 A01, Powered industrial trucks, training General
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $205, current $205. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 7, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3664 A, Industrial trucks, operator training General
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $275, current $275. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 7, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 4848 A General
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $275, current $275. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 7, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 5162 A, Emergency eyewash and shower General
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $410, current $410. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 7, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 3578 G General
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $275, current $275. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 7, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 5157 D03, Confined spaces Serious
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $3,710, current $3,710. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 10, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 5157 D04, Confined spaces Serious
Issued Jun 22, 2002. Proposed $370, current $370. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 12, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 5157 D05, Confined spaces Serious
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $370, current $370. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 10, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 05001: 8 CCR 5157 D06, Confined spaces Serious
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $2,475, current $2,475. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 10, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 06001: 8 CCR 5157 D08, Confined spaces Serious
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $3,710, current $2,475. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 10, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 07001: 8 CCR 5157 D09, Confined spaces Serious
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $3,710, current $370. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 10, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 08001: 8 CCR 5157 E01, Confined spaces Serious
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $3,710, current $370. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 10, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 09001: 8 CCR 5157 G01, Confined spaces Serious
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $3,710, current $3,710. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 10, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 10001: 8 CCR 5157 K, Confined spaces Serious
Issued Jun 20, 2002. Proposed $3,710, current $3,710. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 10, 2002, 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 125814459. 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 125814459, 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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