Inspection record, Lemoore

City of Lemoore Wastewater Treatment Plant Cal/OSHA Inspection, Feb 9, 2012

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

Planned inspection in Lemoore: 16 citations, $6,235. 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 a planned inspection of City of Lemoore Wastewater Treatment Plant at 1145 S. 18 1/2 Avenue, Lemoore (Kings County) on Feb 9, 2012. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 5 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. The employer is a local government body. Inspectors issued 16 citations (3 serious) and proposed $21,715 in penalties; the current total is $6,235. 13 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on May 1, 2013.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3389 A General
Issued Mar 22, 2012. Proposed $0, current $0. Abatement due May 8, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 5189 O General
Issued Mar 22, 2012. Proposed $0, current $0. Abatement due May 8, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 5194 E01 A, Hazard communication General
Issued Mar 22, 2012. Proposed $0, current $0. Abatement due May 8, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 5157 C02, Confined spaces General
Issued May 16, 2012. Proposed $325, current $160. Contested Jun 4, 2012, final order Dec 20, 2012. Abatement due Mar 4, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3314 G02 A, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued May 16, 2012. Proposed $485, current $175. Contested Jun 4, 2012, final order Dec 20, 2012. Abatement due Mar 4, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 3314 H03, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued May 16, 2012. Proposed $240, current $130. Contested Jun 4, 2012, final order Dec 20, 2012. Abatement due Mar 4, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 3395 E03, Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued May 16, 2012. Proposed $365, current $130. Contested Jun 4, 2012, final order Dec 20, 2012. Abatement due Mar 4, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 5157 F, Confined spaces General
Issued May 16, 2012. Proposed $240, current $130. Contested Jun 4, 2012, final order Dec 20, 2012. Abatement due Mar 4, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 5189 D01 General
Issued May 16, 2012. Proposed $485, current $175. Contested Jun 4, 2012, final order Dec 20, 2012. Abatement due Apr 15, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01010: 8 CCR 5189 E05 General
Issued May 16, 2012. Proposed $810, current $175. Contested Jun 4, 2012, final order Dec 20, 2012. Abatement due Apr 15, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01011: 8 CCR 5189 G01 General
Issued May 16, 2012. Proposed $485, current $175. Contested Jun 4, 2012, final order Dec 20, 2012. Abatement due Mar 4, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01012: 8 CCR 5189 J01 A General
Issued May 16, 2012. Proposed $365, current $130. Contested Jun 4, 2012, final order Dec 20, 2012. Abatement due Mar 4, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01013: 8 CCR 5189 N General
Issued May 16, 2012. Proposed $365, current $130. Contested Jun 4, 2012, final order Dec 20, 2012. Abatement due Mar 4, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 5144 C01, Respiratory protection Serious
Issued May 16, 2012. Proposed $5,850, current $1,575. Contested Jun 4, 2012, final order Dec 20, 2012. Abatement due Jan 29, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 5162 C, Emergency eyewash and shower Serious
Issued May 16, 2012. Proposed $5,850, current $1,575. Contested Jun 4, 2012, final order Dec 20, 2012. Abatement due Mar 4, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 5189 F01 Serious
Issued May 16, 2012. Proposed $5,850, current $1,575. Contested Jun 4, 2012, final order Dec 20, 2012. Abatement due Mar 4, 2013, completed. Read the rule.

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 314329640. 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 314329640, 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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