Inspection record, Union City

Kerry Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, May 8, 2013

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

Accident inspection in Union City: 1 citation, $12,000, 1 death investigated. One of 9 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 Kerry Inc. at 33063 Western Avenue, Union City (Alameda County) on May 8, 2013. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 190 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 1 citation (1 serious) and proposed $18,000 in penalties; the current total is $12,000. 1 citation was contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Mar 31, 2016. 1 worker died in the event that led to this inspection. The employer has 8 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 3272 C Serious
Issued Jul 24, 2013. Proposed $18,000, current $12,000. 2 workers exposed. Contested Aug 12, 2013, final order Oct 16, 2015. Abatement due Aug 19, 2013, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

May 7, 2013. Employee Is Knocked Down by a Forklift and Hits His Head
Keywords: head,collision,industrial truck,pallet 1 death

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 315321844. 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 315321844, 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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