Inspection record, Atwater

J R Wood Inc Cal/OSHA Inspection, Oct 31, 2002

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

Accident inspection in Atwater: 1 citation, $325. One of 9 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 J R Wood Inc at 7916 W. Bellevue Rd, Atwater (Merced County) on Oct 31, 2002. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 550 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 1 citation (0 serious) and proposed $325 in penalties; the current total is $325. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Jul 6, 2006. The employer has 8 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 01002: 8 CCR 3203 B02, Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Feb 13, 2003. Proposed $325, current $325. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 18, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3638 A General deleted on appeal
Issued Feb 13, 2003. Proposed $160, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 18, 2003. Read the rule.

The accident

Aug 16, 2002. Electrician injured when thrown from aerial lift
Keywords: work rules,electrician,safety belt,driver,lanyard,fall,fall protection,elevated work plat,aerial lift 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 300815800. 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 300815800, 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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