Inspection record, Visalia

Brookstone Holdings Inc. dba California Pretzel CO Cal/OSHA Inspection, Nov 15, 2007

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

Planned inspection in Visalia: 5 citations, $750. 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 122,853 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 Brookstone Holdings Inc. dba California Pretzel CO at 7607 West Goshen Avenue, Visalia (Tulare County) on Nov 15, 2007. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. The record lists 177 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. Inspectors issued 5 citations (0 serious) and proposed $2,850 in penalties; after appeal or settlement the current total is $750. The case closed on Jun 19, 2008.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3314(h), Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Feb 13, 2008. Proposed $0, current $0. 50 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 17, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 2500.8(a), Electrical, wiring methods General
Issued Feb 13, 2008. Proposed $150, current $150. 9 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 17, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 2500.10(a), Pull at Joints and Terminals General
Issued Feb 13, 2008. Proposed $0, current $0. 2 instances. 21 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 17, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 2500.25, Maintenance of Outer Sheath General
Issued Feb 13, 2008. Proposed $0, current $0. 2 instances. 21 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 17, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3314(c), Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Feb 13, 2008. Proposed $2,700, current $600. 13 workers exposed. Abatement due Feb 28, 2008, 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 309679645. 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 309679645, 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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