Inspection record, Crows Landing

Covanta Stanislaus, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Oct 26, 2021

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

Accident inspection in Crows Landing: 1 citation, $6,075. One of 5 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 Covanta Stanislaus, Inc. at 4040 Fink Rd., Crows Landing (Stanislaus County) on Oct 26, 2021. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 43 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 1 citation (1 serious) and proposed $6,750 in penalties; the current total is $6,075. 1 citation was contested before the Appeals Board. The case is still open. The employer has 4 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 5157(D)(6), Confined spaces Serious
Issued Mar 22, 2022. Proposed $6,750, current $6,075. 1 workers exposed. Contested Apr 15, 2022, final order Jan 14, 2025. Read the rule.

The accident

Oct 21, 2021. Power plant operator is burned by engulfment in hot ashes
Keywords: abdomen,burn,caught in,cleaning,clogged,confined space,e ptd (power generation),electrical,emergency response,engulfed,entry permit,foot,hand,hazardous waste,hopper,jammed,leg,maintenance,permit,power plant,waste proc fac 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 345600803. 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 345600803, 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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