Inspection record, Belmont

Tesla, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Oct 19, 2020

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

Accident inspection in Belmont: 1 citation, $7,650. One of 91 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 Tesla, Inc. at 2613 Barclay Way, Belmont (San Mateo County) on Oct 19, 2020. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 100 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 1 citation (0 serious) and proposed $7,650 in penalties; the current total is $7,650. 1 citation was contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Sep 29, 2025. The employer has 90 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 1670(B), Fall protection (construction) General
Issued Apr 16, 2021. Proposed $7,650, current $7,650. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jun 17, 2021, final order Aug 11, 2025. Read the rule.

The accident

Oct 19, 2020. Employee fractures back in fall while measuring roof for sol
Keywords: back,blunt force,blunt force trauma,fall,fall from elevation,fall protection,fracture,installing,measuring device,misjudgment,misjudgment of hazardous situation,roof,solar,solar array,walking backward

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 344983325. 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 344983325, 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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