Inspection record, Berkeley

Shim, Inc dba Berkeley Touchless Car Wash Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jul 20, 2006

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

Planned inspection in Berkeley: 5 citations, $1,825. One of 3 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 Shim, Inc dba Berkeley Touchless Car Wash at 2176 Kittredge St, Berkeley (Alameda County) on Jul 20, 2006. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 65 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 5 citations (0 serious) and proposed $1,825 in penalties; the current total is $1,825. The case closed on Apr 2, 2007. The employer has 2 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 461 A General
Issued Oct 11, 2006. Proposed $325, current $325. Abatement due Nov 14, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3366 E General
Issued Oct 11, 2006. Proposed $325, current $325. Abatement due Nov 14, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 2420.3(a)(1) General
Issued Oct 11, 2006. Proposed $325, current $325. Abatement due Nov 14, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 2340.16(b), Electrical work space General
Issued Oct 11, 2006. Proposed $365, current $365. Abatement due Nov 14, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3214 A, Stair rails and handrails General
Issued Oct 11, 2006. Proposed $485, current $485. Abatement due Nov 14, 2006, 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 310055165. 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 310055165, 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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