Inspection record, Anaheim

Universal Alloy Corporation Cal/OSHA Inspection, Apr 15, 2019

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Accident inspection in Anaheim: 3 citations, $18,935. One of 7 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 Universal Alloy Corporation at 2871 John Ball Way, Anaheim (Orange County) on Apr 15, 2019. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 65 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 3 citations (1 serious) and proposed $18,935 in penalties; the current total is $18,935. 1 citation was contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Mar 9, 2020. The employer has 6 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 3203(B)(1), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Sep 16, 2019. Proposed $375, current $375. 65 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 31, 2019, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 461(A) General
Issued Sep 16, 2019. Proposed $560, current $560. 6 instances. 65 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 31, 2019, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3314(C), Lockout and cleaning of machinery Serious
Issued Sep 16, 2019. Proposed $18,000, current $18,000. 1 workers exposed. Contested Oct 9, 2019, final order Jan 14, 2020. Read the rule.

The accident

Mar 20, 2019. Employee amputates thumb while aligning press
Keywords: amputated,amputation,caught between,caught in,finger,guard,lockout,lockout/tagout,machine guarding,maintenance,nip point,point of operation,power press,press,thumb,unguarded 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 343990867. 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 343990867, 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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