Inspection record, El Monte

Seng Cheang Mong Food Corp. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Sep 16, 2020

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Planned inspection in El Monte: 6 citations, $4,695. One of 2 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 planned inspection of Seng Cheang Mong Food Corp. at 2661 Merced Avenue, El Monte (Los Angeles County) on Sep 16, 2020. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. 12 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 6 citations (3 serious) and proposed $8,885 in penalties; the current total is $4,695. 6 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on May 11, 2022. The employer has 1 other inspection 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 6151(C)(1), Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued Mar 2, 2021. Proposed $225, current $225. 1 workers exposed. Contested Mar 30, 2021, final order May 5, 2021. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3384(A) General
Issued Mar 2, 2021. Proposed $450, current $110. 2 workers exposed. Contested Mar 30, 2021, final order May 5, 2021. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3668(F), Powered industrial trucks, training General
Issued Mar 2, 2021. Proposed $110, current $110. 1 workers exposed. Contested Mar 30, 2021, final order May 5, 2021. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 4002(A), Machine guarding, moving parts Serious
Issued Mar 2, 2021. Proposed $4,050, current $2,025. 2 workers exposed. Contested Mar 30, 2021, final order May 5, 2021. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 5162(A), Emergency eyewash and shower Serious
Issued Mar 2, 2021. Proposed $2,025, current $2,025. 1 workers exposed. Contested Mar 30, 2021, final order May 5, 2021. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 5162(B), Emergency eyewash and shower Serious
Issued Mar 2, 2021. Proposed $2,025, current $200. 1 workers exposed. Contested Mar 30, 2021, final order May 5, 2021. 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 344938352. 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 344938352, 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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