Inspection record, Union City

San Francisco Chronicle Cal/OSHA Inspection, Feb 1, 2006

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

Complaint inspection in Union City: 4 citations, $700. 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 a complaint inspection of San Francisco Chronicle at 1550 Pacific Ave, Union City (Alameda County) on Feb 1, 2006. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 2,000 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 4 citations (0 serious) and proposed $2,810 in penalties; the current total is $700. The case closed on Jun 29, 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 01001: 8 CCR 6151 C01, Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued Feb 24, 2006. Proposed $475, current $175. 2 instances. 13 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 29, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3216 C, Aisles General
Issued Feb 24, 2006. Proposed $635, current $175. 13 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 29, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3221 D02, Fire prevention plan General
Issued Feb 24, 2006. Proposed $850, current $350. 65 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 29, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3220 E03, Emergency action plan General
Issued Feb 24, 2006. Proposed $850, current $0. 65 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 29, 2006, 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 307341297. 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 307341297, 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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