Inspection record, Fontana

Allied West Paper Corp Cal/OSHA Inspection, Mar 24, 2022

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

Accident inspection in Fontana: 3 citations, $12,185. One of 8 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 Allied West Paper Corp at 11101 S. Etiwanda Avenue, Fontana (San Bernardino County) on Mar 24, 2022. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 150 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 3 citations (2 serious) and proposed $18,800 in penalties; the current total is $12,185. 3 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case is still open. The employer has 7 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 3314(G)(2), Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Aug 16, 2022. Proposed $800, current $485. 2 workers exposed. Contested Oct 16, 2022, final order Sep 6, 2023. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3314(L), Lockout and cleaning of machinery Serious
Issued Aug 16, 2022. Proposed $9,000, current $5,850. 2 workers exposed. Contested Oct 16, 2022, final order Sep 6, 2023. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3314(C), Lockout and cleaning of machinery Serious
Issued Aug 16, 2022. Proposed $9,000, current $5,850. 2 workers exposed. Contested Oct 16, 2022, final order Sep 6, 2023. Read the rule.

The accident

Feb 17, 2022. Employee amputates thumb tip while clearing jammed machine
Keywords: amputation,caught between,fingertip,laceration,machine operator,roller--mach/part 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 345959159. 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 345959159, 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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