Inspection record, San Jose

Padilla Construction Cal/OSHA Inspection, Aug 24, 2006

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Accident inspection in San Jose: 4 citations, $6,750. One of 29 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 an accident inspection of Padilla Construction at 1501 Almaden Expwy, San Jose (Santa Clara County) on Aug 24, 2006. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 8 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 4 citations (2 serious) and proposed $24,040 in penalties; the current total is $6,750. 4 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Oct 23, 2008. The employer has 28 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 1509 A, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction) General
Issued Dec 28, 2006. Proposed $420, current $0. 8 workers exposed. Contested Jan 19, 2007, final order Dec 7, 2007. Abatement due Jan 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 1620 C General
Issued Dec 28, 2006. Proposed $560, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jan 19, 2007, final order Dec 7, 2007. Abatement due Jan 3, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 1670 A, Fall protection (construction) Serious
Issued Dec 28, 2006. Proposed $5,060, current $3,375. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jan 19, 2007, final order Dec 7, 2007. Abatement due Jan 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 1632 M01, Floor, roof and wall openings Serious
Issued Dec 28, 2006. Proposed $18,000, current $3,375. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jan 19, 2007, final order Dec 7, 2007. Abatement due Jan 24, 2007, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Aug 24, 2006. Employee Falls from Scaffold and Fractures Head
Keywords: fracture,head,stair,slip,tripped,fall,lost balance,scaffold 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 309896843. 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 309896843, 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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