Inspection record, San Jose

K.C. Metals Products, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Sep 19, 2006

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

Accident inspection in San Jose: 4 citations, $4,380. 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 122,854 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 K.C. Metals Products, Inc. at 1960 Hartog Drive, San Jose (Santa Clara County) on Sep 19, 2006. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 75 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 4 citations (1 serious) and proposed $4,380 in penalties; the current total is $4,380. The case closed on Jul 27, 2007.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 4203 B General
Issued Jan 5, 2007. Proposed $485, current $485. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 31, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 4185 General
Issued Jan 5, 2007. Proposed $485, current $485. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 31, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 4202 C General
Issued Jan 5, 2007. Proposed $485, current $485. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 31, 2007, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4214 A Serious
Issued Jan 5, 2007. Proposed $2,925, current $2,925. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 31, 2007, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Sep 15, 2006. Employee Fractures Fingers in Press Brake Machine
Keywords: die,fracture,press brake,finger,caught between,point of operation,press operator 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 309897247. 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 309897247, 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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