Inspection record, Ceres

Stiles Custom Metal, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, May 10, 2002

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

Accident inspection in Ceres: 3 citations, $375. One of 6 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 an accident inspection of Stiles Custom Metal, Inc. at 1885 Kinser Road, Ceres (Stanislaus County) on May 10, 2002. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 100 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 3 citations (0 serious) and proposed $645 in penalties; the current total is $375. 2 citations were deleted on appeal and are not counted. The case closed on Sep 16, 2002. The employer has 5 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 342 A, Reporting serious injuries and deaths General
Issued Jul 12, 2002. Proposed $160, current $125. Abatement due May 10, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3203 A, Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Jul 12, 2002. Proposed $160, current $125. 2 instances. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 8, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3328 B, Machinery and equipment, general General
Issued Jul 12, 2002. Proposed $325, current $125. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 6, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3314 A, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 12, 2002. Proposed $325, current $0. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 6, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3210 C, Guardrails at elevated locations General deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 12, 2002. Proposed $325, current $0. 3 instances. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 12, 2002. Read the rule.

The accident

Apr 30, 2002. Employee injured while troubleshooting machine malfunction
Keywords: guard,lockout,fall,safe,work platform,machine--misc 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 125843995. 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 125843995, 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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