Inspection record, San Martin

Bay Area Backflow, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Oct 18, 2017

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

Accident inspection in San Martin: 4 citations, $11,450. One of 2 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 Bay Area Backflow, Inc. at 12815 Stevens Court, San Martin (Santa Clara County) on Oct 18, 2017. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 10 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 4 citations (1 serious) and proposed $11,450 in penalties; the current total is $11,450. The case closed on Jan 29, 2018. The employer has 1 other inspection 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 3203(A), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Jan 9, 2018. Proposed $260, current $260. 10 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3276(D)(1)(B), Portable ladders General
Issued Jan 9, 2018. Proposed $195, current $195. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3276(E)(7), Portable ladders General
Issued Jan 9, 2018. Proposed $195, current $195. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3276(E)(15)(B), Portable ladders Serious
Issued Jan 9, 2018. Proposed $10,800, current $10,800. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.

The accident

Oct 16, 2017. Employee falls from ladder and fractures leg and ankle
Keywords: ankle,contusion,fall,fall protection,fracture,maintenance,residential construction,stepladder,untrained,water hose 1 hospitalized

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 342710431. 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 342710431, 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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