Inspection record, Patterson

Trinidad Benham Corporation Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jan 20, 2010

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Accident inspection in Patterson: 4 citations, $3,525. One of 5 inspections on this employer's record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,853 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 Trinidad Benham Corporation at 420 S. HWY 33, Patterson (Stanislaus County) on Jan 20, 2010. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. The record lists 11 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. Inspectors issued 4 citations (1 serious) and proposed $13,835 in penalties; after appeal or settlement the current total is $3,525. The case closed on Jan 11, 2011. The employer has 4 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 1430.29(b)(3) General
Issued Feb 23, 2010. Proposed $225, current $150. 11 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 25, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3212(a)(2)(A), Floor openings and wall openings General
Issued Feb 23, 2010. Proposed $560, current $375. 2 instances. 11 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 27, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3314(j)(1), Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Feb 23, 2010. Proposed $450, current $300. 11 workers exposed. Abatement due Mar 25, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4075(a), Gears and Sprockets Serious
Issued Feb 23, 2010. Proposed $12,600, current $2,700. 2 instances. 11 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 27, 2010, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Jan 13, 2010. Employee Injures Hand While Lubricating Elevator Sprocket
Keywords: fracture,maintenance,lockout,caught between,elevator,hand 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 312576762. 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 312576762, checked Nov 4, 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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