Inspection record, Modesto

Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jul 12, 2011

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Accident inspection in Modesto: 2 citations, $8,750. 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 122,854 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 Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation at 4210 Yosemite BLVD., Modesto (Stanislaus County) on Jul 12, 2011. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 60 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 2 citations (1 serious) and proposed $23,063 in penalties; the current total is $8,750. The case closed on Jan 25, 2012. 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 3999 B, Hand tools General
Issued Aug 30, 2011. Proposed $5,063, current $2,000. Abatement due Oct 14, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4075 A Serious
Issued Aug 30, 2011. Proposed $18,000, current $6,750. Abatement due Sep 2, 2011, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Jun 3, 2011. Can Manufacture Operator Amputates Fingers in Chain Sprocket
Keywords: chain,amputated,emergency response,finger,lockout,caught between,conveyor,mech mat handling,sprocket,nip point

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 314327875. 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 314327875, 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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