Inspection record, Aptos

Custom Bilt Metals Cal/OSHA Inspection, Sep 28, 2007

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Accident inspection in Aptos: 4 citations, $17,655. One of 4 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 Custom Bilt Metals at 100 Mariner Wy., Aptos (Santa Cruz County) on Sep 28, 2007. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 2 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 4 citations (1 serious) and proposed $17,655 in penalties; the current total is $17,655. The case closed on Oct 28, 2008. The employer has 3 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 B, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction) General
Issued Jan 10, 2008. Proposed $485, current $485. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Feb 28, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 1509 C, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction) General
Issued Jan 10, 2008. Proposed $485, current $485. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Feb 28, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 1724 F01 General
Issued Jan 10, 2008. Proposed $485, current $485. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Feb 28, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4002 A, Machine guarding, moving parts Serious
Issued Jan 10, 2008. Proposed $16,200, current $16,200. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Feb 5, 2008, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Sep 27, 2007. Employee's fingers amputated in roll forming machine
Keywords: amputated,finger,work rules,machine operator,struck against,construction,forming machine,unguarded 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 311155162. 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 311155162, 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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