What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of Rua & Son Mechanical, Inc. at 545 K Street, Sacramento (Sacramento County) on Aug 2, 2018. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 60 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 3 citations (2 serious, 1 repeat) and proposed $46,000 in penalties; the current total is $29,800. 3 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Feb 24, 2021. The employer has 4 other inspections on its California record.
Citations
Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.
Issued Oct 19, 2018. Proposed $18,000, current $18,000. 5 workers exposed. Contested Nov 6, 2018, final order Jan 7, 2021. Read the rule.
Issued Oct 19, 2018. Proposed $18,000, current $1,800. 5 workers exposed. Contested Nov 6, 2018, final order Jan 7, 2021. Read the rule.
Issued Oct 19, 2018. Proposed $10,000, current $10,000. 1 workers exposed. Contested Nov 6, 2018, final order Jan 7, 2021. Read the rule.
Issued Oct 19, 2018. Proposed $4,000, current $0. 5 workers exposed. Contested Nov 6, 2018, final order Jan 7, 2021. Abatement due Nov 26, 2018. Read the rule.
The accident
Keywords: escalator,face,fall,fall protection,fracture,guardrail,installing,knee,laceration,scaffold,wrist 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 343358297. 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 343358297, 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.