Inspection record, Fontana

Fontana Paper Mills, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jan 14, 2003

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Accident inspection in Fontana: 5 citations, $11,625. 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 Fontana Paper Mills, Inc. at 13733 Valley BLVD, Fontana (San Bernardino County) on Jan 14, 2003. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 68 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 5 citations (2 serious) and proposed $11,625 in penalties; the current total is $11,625. The case closed on Dec 24, 2003. 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 Jun 11, 2003. Proposed $375, current $375. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 14, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3314 A, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Jun 11, 2003. Proposed $750, current $750. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 14, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 4051 A General
Issued Jun 11, 2003. Proposed $375, current $375. 7 instances. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 16, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4187 A Serious
Issued Jun 11, 2003. Proposed $6,750, current $6,750. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 16, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 4002 A, Machine guarding, moving parts Serious
Issued Jun 11, 2003. Proposed $3,375, current $3,375. 3 instances. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 16, 2003, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Dec 20, 2002. Employee crushes fingers in printing machine
Keywords: printing press,amputated,finger,work rules,caught by,lockout,crushed 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 125899369. 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 125899369, 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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