Inspection record, San Francisco

Jim Zhang dba Yong Nian Zhang Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jul 27, 2012

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

Accident inspection in San Francisco: 10 citations, $4,560. 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 Jim Zhang dba Yong Nian Zhang at 615 Broadway Street, San Francisco (San Francisco County) on Jul 27, 2012. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 1 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 10 citations (3 serious) and proposed $23,025 in penalties; the current total is $4,560. 10 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Aug 2, 2014.

Citations

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

Citation 01002: 8 CCR 1509 B, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction) General
Issued Jan 10, 2013. Proposed $250, current $100. 1 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2013, final order Oct 4, 2013. Abatement due Feb 12, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3395 F03, Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued Jan 10, 2013. Proposed $250, current $100. 1 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2013, final order Oct 4, 2013. Abatement due Feb 12, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 1658 E General
Issued Jan 10, 2013. Proposed $625, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2013, final order Oct 4, 2013. Abatement due Feb 12, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 1670 B15, Fall protection (construction) General
Issued Jan 10, 2013. Proposed $375, current $200. 1 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2013, final order Oct 4, 2013. Abatement due Feb 12, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 1660 H General
Issued Jan 10, 2013. Proposed $675, current $200. 2 instances. 1 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2013, final order Oct 4, 2013. Abatement due Feb 12, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 1670 B10, Fall protection (construction) General
Issued Jan 10, 2013. Proposed $675, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2013, final order Oct 4, 2013. Abatement due Feb 12, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 1658 O General
Issued Jan 10, 2013. Proposed $375, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2013, final order Oct 4, 2013. Abatement due Feb 12, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 1658 M Serious
Issued Jan 10, 2013. Proposed $10,800, current $3,600. 1 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2013, final order Oct 4, 2013. Abatement due Feb 12, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 1658 R Serious
Issued Jan 10, 2013. Proposed $5,625, current $180. 1 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2013, final order Oct 4, 2013. Abatement due Feb 12, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 1660 D Serious
Issued Jan 10, 2013. Proposed $3,375, current $180. 1 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2013, final order Oct 4, 2013. Abatement due Feb 12, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01001: 8 CCR 1509 A, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction) General deleted on appeal
Issued Jan 10, 2013. Proposed $250, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2013, final order Oct 4, 2013. Abatement due Feb 12, 2013, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Jul 27, 2012. Employee Is Hurt in Fall While Accessing Scaffold
Keywords: roof,work rules,fall,fall protection,lost balance,painter,scaffold 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 312693617. 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 312693617, 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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