Inspection record, Salinas

Guadalajara Grill LLC Cal/OSHA Inspection, Feb 1, 2018

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

Fatality or catastrophe inspection in Salinas: 2 citations, $900, 1 death investigated. 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 Guadalajara Grill LLC at 1334 South Main St., Salinas (Monterey County) on Feb 1, 2018. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 11 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 2 citations (0 serious) and proposed $900 in penalties; the current total is $900. 3 citations were deleted on appeal and are not counted. The case closed on Sep 22, 2020. 1 worker died in the event that led to this inspection.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 5142(B)(1) General
Issued Jul 3, 2018. Proposed $225, current $225. 12 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3276(F), Portable ladders General
Issued Jul 3, 2018. Proposed $675, current $675. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3276(E), Portable ladders General deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 3, 2018. Proposed $675, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 10, 2018, final order Sep 22, 2020. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3276(E)(3), Portable ladders Serious deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 3, 2018. Proposed $12,600, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 10, 2018, final order Sep 22, 2020. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3276(E)(15)(E), Portable ladders Serious deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 3, 2018. Proposed $12,600, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 10, 2018, final order Sep 22, 2020. Read the rule.

The accident

Jan 31, 2018. Employee falls from ladder and is killed
Keywords: air conditioner,ceiling,cleaning,emergency response,fall,falling object,head,infection,ladder,struck against,unstable position 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 342922697. 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 342922697, 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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