Inspection record, Santa Cruz

Velex, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Aug 20, 2015

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Complaint inspection in Santa Cruz: 7 citations, $8,070. 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 complaint inspection of Velex, Inc. at 798 N. Plymouth St., Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County) on Aug 20, 2015. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 5 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 7 citations (2 serious) and proposed $20,100 in penalties; the current total is $8,070. The case closed on Feb 4, 2016.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 1509(A), Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction) General
Issued Nov 30, 2015. Proposed $420, current $335. 10 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 13, 2016, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 1599(D), Flagging General
Issued Nov 30, 2015. Proposed $420, current $335. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 13, 2016, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 1527(A)(1) General
Issued Nov 30, 2015. Proposed $280, current $225. 5 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 1598(C) General
Issued Nov 30, 2015. Proposed $420, current $335. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 1541(B)(1)(A)2., Excavations, general Serious
Issued Nov 30, 2015. Proposed $6,750, current $5,400. 2 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 1541(B)(3), Excavations, general Serious
Issued Nov 30, 2015. Proposed $6,750, current $540. 2 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 1712(C)(1) General
Issued Nov 30, 2015. Proposed $5,060, current $900. 4 workers exposed. 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 340864057. 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 340864057, 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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