Inspection record, San Jose

McDonald's Restaurants of California, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Nov 10, 2021

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Complaint inspection in San Jose: 6 citations, $2,910. 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 a complaint inspection of McDonald's Restaurants of California, Inc. at 1299 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose (Santa Clara County) on Nov 10, 2021. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 12 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 6 citations (0 serious) and proposed $2,910 in penalties; the current total is $2,910. 6 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Mar 17, 2025. 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 2340.12(a) General
Issued May 5, 2022. Proposed $485, current $485. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 13, 2022, final order Jan 10, 2025. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 2340.22(b) General
Issued May 5, 2022. Proposed $485, current $485. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 13, 2022, final order Jan 10, 2025. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3203(A), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued May 5, 2022. Proposed $485, current $485. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Contested Jul 13, 2022, final order Jan 10, 2025. Abatement due May 31, 2022, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3235(E) General
Issued May 5, 2022. Proposed $485, current $485. 12 workers exposed. Contested Jul 13, 2022, final order Jan 10, 2025. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3395(H)(1), Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued May 5, 2022. Proposed $485, current $485. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 13, 2022, final order Jan 10, 2025. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 6151(E)(2), Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued May 5, 2022. Proposed $485, current $485. 12 workers exposed. Contested Jul 13, 2022, final order Jan 10, 2025. 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 345632913. 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 345632913, 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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