Inspection record, Garden Grove

Thanh Son Tofu Cal/OSHA Inspection, Sep 20, 2010

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

Accident inspection in Garden Grove: 7 citations, $11,650. 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 Thanh Son Tofu at 9688 Westminster Ave, Garden Grove (Orange County) on Sep 20, 2010. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 10 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 7 citations (1 serious) and proposed $11,650 in penalties; the current total is $11,650. The case closed on Aug 31, 2011.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 342 A, Reporting serious injuries and deaths General
Issued Dec 3, 2010. Proposed $5,000, current $5,000. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 8, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 461 A General
Issued Dec 3, 2010. Proposed $250, current $250. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 467 A General
Issued Dec 3, 2010. Proposed $250, current $250. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 770 A General
Issued Dec 3, 2010. Proposed $250, current $250. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3203 A, Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Dec 3, 2010. Proposed $250, current $250. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 3320 General
Issued Dec 3, 2010. Proposed $250, current $250. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4070 A Serious
Issued Dec 3, 2010. Proposed $5,400, current $5,400. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2010, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Sep 9, 2010. Employee Is Burned by Steam from Cooking Equipment
Keywords: burn,chest,cover,food preparation,steam,high temperature,hot water 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 313167389. 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 313167389, 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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