Inspection record, Santa Ana

Calmont Wire and Cable Inc Cal/OSHA Inspection, Oct 27, 2009

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

Accident inspection in Santa Ana: 3 citations, $3,975. 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 122,853 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 Calmont Wire and Cable Inc at 420 E Alton Ave, Santa Ana (Orange County) on Oct 27, 2009. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. The record lists 29 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. Inspectors issued 3 citations (2 serious) and proposed $7,935 in penalties; after appeal or settlement the current total is $3,975. The case closed on Feb 17, 2011.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 4184(b), Cranes and derricks, general General
Issued Jan 13, 2010. Proposed $515, current $375. 4 instances. 1 worker exposed. Abatement due Feb 12, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4070(a), Guarding Serious
Issued Jan 13, 2010. Proposed $3,710, current $1,800. 2 instances. 1 worker exposed. Abatement due Jan 10, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 4075(a), Gears and Sprockets Serious
Issued Jan 13, 2010. Proposed $3,710, current $1,800. 1 worker exposed. Abatement due Jan 10, 2010, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Sep 28, 2009. Employee Is Injured While Operating Cabler Machine
Keywords: machine operator,caught between,abrasion,contusion,leg 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 313162703. 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 313162703, 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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