Inspection record, Alameda

The Ken Bratney Company Cal/OSHA Inspection, May 18, 2020

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Accident inspection in Alameda: 2 citations, $18,650. 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 The Ken Bratney Company at 2001 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda (Alameda County) on May 18, 2020. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 9 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 2 citations (1 serious) and proposed $26,100 in penalties; the current total is $18,650. The case closed on Sep 28, 2020.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3314(G)(2)(A), Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Aug 17, 2020. Proposed $5,850, current $650. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3314(C), Lockout and cleaning of machinery Serious
Issued Aug 17, 2020. Proposed $20,250, current $18,000. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.

The accident

May 16, 2020. Employee suffers amputation of right hand while performing m
Keywords: amputation,auger,auger mechanism,bolt,energized,finger,guard,hand,lockout,maintenance,mechanical,removing,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 344756176. 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 344756176, 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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