Inspection record, San Francisco

California School of Mechanical Arts Cal/OSHA Inspection, Nov 14, 2014

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

Accident inspection in San Francisco: 3 citations, $4,200. 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 California School of Mechanical Arts at 755 Ocean Avenue, San Francisco (San Francisco County) on Nov 14, 2014. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. The record lists 115 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. Inspectors issued 3 citations (1 serious) and proposed $14,400 in penalties; after appeal or settlement the current total is $4,200. The case closed on Apr 1, 2015.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3203(a), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Feb 26, 2015. Proposed $450, current $300. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 2, 2015, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 4309(d), Horizontal Pull Saws (Radial Arm Saw) General
Issued Feb 26, 2015. Proposed $450, current $300. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 2, 2015, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4319(c) Serious
Issued Feb 26, 2015. Proposed $13,500, current $3,600. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 2, 2015, 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 340101161. 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 340101161, 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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