Inspection record, Berkeley

Berkeley Bowl Marketplace Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jun 13, 2003

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

Complaint inspection in Berkeley: 4 citations, $2,850. 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 Berkeley Bowl Marketplace at 2020 Oregon St., Berkeley (Alameda County) on Jun 13, 2003. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 250 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 4 citations (1 serious) and proposed $4,305 in penalties; the current total is $2,850. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Jun 21, 2006.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 6151 C01, Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued Jun 24, 2003. Proposed $185, current $150. 2 instances. 175 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 27, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 6151 E02, Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued Jun 24, 2003. Proposed $185, current $0. 4 instances. 175 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 27, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 4650 B General
Issued Jun 24, 2003. Proposed $560, current $0. 2 instances. 15 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 27, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4650 E Serious
Issued Jun 24, 2003. Proposed $3,375, current $2,700. 2 instances. 15 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 27, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 5194 H01, Hazard communication General deleted on appeal
Issued Jun 24, 2003. Proposed $935, current $0. 175 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 27, 2003, 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 301136685. 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 301136685, 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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