Inspection record, San Jose

JMB Construction, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jan 28, 2019

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Accident inspection in San Jose: 2 citations, $6,750. One of 11 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 JMB Construction, Inc. at 1130 Catherine Street, San Jose (Santa Clara County) on Jan 28, 2019. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 100 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 2 citations (1 serious) and proposed $18,375 in penalties; the current total is $6,750. 2 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 2 citations were deleted on appeal and are not counted. The case closed on Apr 20, 2020. The employer has 10 other inspections 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 5044(C)(2) General
Issued Jul 12, 2019. Proposed $375, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Aug 1, 2019, final order Feb 24, 2020. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 5042(A) Serious
Issued Jul 12, 2019. Proposed $18,000, current $6,750. 1 workers exposed. Contested Aug 1, 2019, final order Feb 24, 2020. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 5042(A)(15) General deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 12, 2019. Proposed $750, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Aug 1, 2019, final order Feb 24, 2020. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 5042(A)(9) Serious deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 12, 2019. Proposed $6,750, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Aug 1, 2019, final order Feb 24, 2020. Read the rule.

The accident

Jan 24, 2019. Employee is caught in falling chain and receives amputation
Keywords: amputated,amputation,broken chain,caught in,chain,finger,hand,pipe,trench 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 343741914. 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 343741914, 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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