Inspection record, Modesto

Bertolotti Disposal Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Mar 21, 2012

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

Planned inspection in Modesto: 11 citations, $6,500. One of 8 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 a planned inspection of Bertolotti Disposal Inc. at 231 Flamingo Drive, Modesto (Stanislaus County) on Mar 21, 2012. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 80 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 11 citations (2 serious) and proposed $8,445 in penalties; the current total is $6,500. The case closed on Dec 12, 2012. The employer has 7 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 461 C General
Issued Jul 17, 2012. Proposed $325, current $250. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 19, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3314 G02 A, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Jul 17, 2012. Proposed $325, current $250. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 19, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 2473.2(a) General
Issued Jul 17, 2012. Proposed $325, current $250. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 19, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 2500.8(a), Electrical, wiring methods General
Issued Jul 17, 2012. Proposed $160, current $125. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 19, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 2500.25 General
Issued Jul 17, 2012. Proposed $160, current $125. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 19, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 3668 D02, Powered industrial trucks, training General
Issued Jul 17, 2012. Proposed $325, current $250. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 19, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 4650 E General
Issued Jul 17, 2012. Proposed $325, current $250. 6 instances. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 19, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 6151 C04, Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued Jul 17, 2012. Proposed $325, current $250. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 19, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 6151 E03, Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued Jul 17, 2012. Proposed $325, current $250. 3 instances. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 19, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 2484.6 Serious
Issued Jul 17, 2012. Proposed $2,925, current $2,250. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 31, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3650 T17, Industrial trucks, operating rules Serious
Issued Jul 17, 2012. Proposed $2,925, current $2,250. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 31, 2012, 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 315273003. 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 315273003, 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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