Inspection record, Richmond

S.J. Distributors, LLC Cal/OSHA Inspection, Mar 6, 2023

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

Planned inspection in Richmond: 7 citations, $6,190. One of 6 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 S.J. Distributors, LLC at 1015 Chesley Avenue, Richmond (Contra Costa County) on Mar 6, 2023. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. 67 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 7 citations (2 serious) and proposed $14,290 in penalties; the current total is $6,190. 2 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Jan 29, 2024. The employer has 5 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: 5A0001 General
Issued May 11, 2023. Proposed $485, current $485. 67 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3338(A) General
Issued May 11, 2023. Proposed $485, current $485. 2 instances. 67 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3366(E) General
Issued May 11, 2023. Proposed $485, current $485. 67 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3650(T)(17), Industrial trucks, operating rules General
Issued May 11, 2023. Proposed $485, current $485. 67 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3650(T)(33), Industrial trucks, operating rules General
Issued May 11, 2023. Proposed $650, current $650. 67 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 5162(B), Emergency eyewash and shower Serious
Issued May 11, 2023. Proposed $5,850, current $1,800. 67 workers exposed. Contested Jun 26, 2023, final order Dec 13, 2023. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 5162(D), Emergency eyewash and shower Serious
Issued May 11, 2023. Proposed $5,850, current $1,800. 67 workers exposed. Contested Jun 26, 2023, final order Dec 13, 2023. 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 346546666. 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 346546666, 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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