Inspection record, San Jose

Metro Steel Fabrication Cal/OSHA Inspection, Mar 7, 2007

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Planned inspection in San Jose: 10 citations, $1,760. One of 2 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 planned inspection of Metro Steel Fabrication at 701 Kings Row, Suite 49, San Jose (Santa Clara County) on Mar 7, 2007. It was a partial inspection focused on health hazards. The record lists 9 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. Inspectors issued 10 citations (1 serious) and proposed $2,870 in penalties; after appeal or settlement the current total is $1,760. The case closed on Dec 17, 2007. The employer has 1 other inspection 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 2500.8(a), Electrical, wiring methods General
Issued May 25, 2007. Proposed $0, current $0. 8 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 2500.10(a), Pull at Joints and Terminals General
Issued May 25, 2007. Proposed $140, current $140. 4 instances. 8 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 4, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 2500.25, Maintenance of Outer Sheath General
Issued May 25, 2007. Proposed $0, current $0. 3 instances. 8 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3314(h), Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued May 25, 2007. Proposed $125, current $125. 8 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3328(d), Machinery and equipment, general General
Issued May 25, 2007. Proposed $60, current $60. 2 instances. 8 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 5097(b)(1), Hearing Conservation Program General
Issued May 25, 2007. Proposed $125, current $125. 8 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 5194(f)(4), Hazard communication General
Issued May 25, 2007. Proposed $60, current $60. 8 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3577(e), Protection Devices General
Issued May 25, 2007. Proposed $110, current $0. 7 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 18, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3578(g), Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding General
Issued May 25, 2007. Proposed $1,125, current $125. 7 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 18, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 4206(a), Safeguarding the Point of Operation Serious
Issued May 25, 2007. Proposed $1,125, current $1,125. 1 worker exposed. Abatement due Jun 18, 2007, 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 309678696. 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 309678696, 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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