Inspection record, Oakland

Creative Energy Foods, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Apr 15, 2019

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Complaint inspection in Oakland: 6 citations, $9,825. One of 3 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 a complaint inspection of Creative Energy Foods, Inc. at 9957 Medford Avenue, Oakland (Alameda County) on Apr 15, 2019. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 256 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 6 citations (1 serious) and proposed $14,060 in penalties; the current total is $9,825. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case is still open. The employer has 2 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 01002: 8 CCR 3212(B), Floor openings and wall openings General
Issued Oct 11, 2019. Proposed $1,125, current $450. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3314(G)(1), Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Oct 11, 2019. Proposed $1,125, current $750. 200 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 5162(C), Emergency eyewash and shower General
Issued Oct 11, 2019. Proposed $1,125, current $1,125. 4 instances. 200 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 5162(E), Emergency eyewash and shower General
Issued Oct 11, 2019. Proposed $1,125, current $0. 4 instances. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 5194(F)(6)(B), Hazard communication General
Issued Oct 11, 2019. Proposed $1,125, current $750. 99 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4542(C) Serious
Issued Oct 11, 2019. Proposed $8,435, current $6,750. 4 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3314(L)(4), Lockout and cleaning of machinery General deleted on appeal
Issued Oct 11, 2019. Proposed $465, current $0. 200 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 343934501. 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 343934501, 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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