Inspection record, South San Francisco

SO. San Francisco Water Quality Control Plant Cal/OSHA Inspection, Dec 27, 2001

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

Complaint inspection in South San Francisco: 18 citations, $13,275. The employer's only inspection on 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 SO. San Francisco Water Quality Control Plant at 195 Belle Air Rd., South San Francisco (San Mateo County) on Dec 27, 2001. It was a partial inspection focused on health hazards. 50 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. The employer is a local government body. Inspectors issued 18 citations (4 serious) and proposed $13,275 in penalties; the current total is $13,275. The case closed on Jul 19, 2002.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 2340.22(a) General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $150, current $150. 25 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 2500.8(a), Electrical, wiring methods General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $150, current $150. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3210 A, Guardrails at elevated locations General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $150, current $150. 10 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3999 A, Hand tools General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $150, current $150. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 4075 A General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $150, current $150. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 5097 B01 General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $150, current $150. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 5144 E01, Respiratory protection General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $225, current $225. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 5144 F02, Respiratory protection General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $225, current $225. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 5157 D05, Confined spaces General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $150, current $150. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01010: 8 CCR 5157 F11, Confined spaces General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $150, current $150. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01011: 8 CCR 5202 D01 A General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $150, current $150. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01012: 8 CCR 5217 D01 A General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $225, current $225. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01013: 8 CCR 6151 C01, Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $150, current $150. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01014: 8 CCR 461 C General
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $300, current $300. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 29, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4002 A, Machine guarding, moving parts Serious
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $2,700, current $2,700. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 13, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 4070 A Serious
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $2,700, current $2,700. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 13, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 5157 D09, Confined spaces Serious
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $2,700, current $2,700. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 13, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 05001: 8 CCR 5162 A, Emergency eyewash and shower Serious
Issued Mar 27, 2002. Proposed $2,700, current $2,700. 30 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 13, 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 300836665. 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 300836665, 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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