Inspection record, Palo Alto

Barbeques Galore Cal/OSHA Inspection, Oct 23, 2008

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Complaint inspection in Palo Alto: 3 citations, $600. 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 complaint inspection of Barbeques Galore at 2080 el Camino Real, Palo Alto (Santa Clara County) on Oct 23, 2008. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 5 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 3 citations (0 serious) and proposed $1,125 in penalties; the current total is $600. 3 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Jul 31, 2010. 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 2340.17(a) General
Issued Mar 9, 2009. Proposed $375, current $300. 5 workers exposed. Contested Mar 19, 2009, final order Jul 16, 2010. Abatement due Mar 12, 2009, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3272 B General
Issued Mar 9, 2009. Proposed $375, current $0. 5 workers exposed. Contested Mar 19, 2009, final order Jul 16, 2010. Abatement due Mar 12, 2009, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3227 C General
Issued Mar 9, 2009. Proposed $375, current $300. 5 workers exposed. Contested Mar 19, 2009, final order Jul 16, 2010. Abatement due Mar 12, 2009, 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 312350606. 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 312350606, 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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