Inspection record, Chino

Ball Plastic Container Corp Cal/OSHA Inspection, May 14, 2004

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

Accident inspection in Chino: 2 citations, $7,050. One of 4 inspections on this employer's record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,853 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 Ball Plastic Container Corp at 14270 Ramona Avenue, Chino (San Bernardino County) on May 14, 2004. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. The record lists 168 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. Inspectors issued 2 citations (1 serious) and proposed $7,050 in penalties, which stands as the current total. The case closed on May 18, 2011. The employer has 3 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 3314(a), Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Oct 27, 2004. Proposed $750, current $750. 1 worker exposed. Abatement due Nov 1, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4002(a), Machine guarding, moving parts Serious
Issued Oct 27, 2004. Proposed $6,300, current $6,300. 1 worker exposed. Abatement due Nov 1, 2004, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

May 3, 2004. Employee Is Injured While Operating Packaging Machine
Keywords: palletized cargo,guard,pinned,machine operator,lockout,caught between,laceration,manual mat handling,arm 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 307453035. 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 307453035, checked Nov 4, 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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