What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of Santa Clara County Elmwood Correctional Complex at 701 S. Abel Street, Milpitas (Santa Clara County) on May 18, 2023. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 100 employees were recorded at the site. The employer is a local government body. Inspectors issued 5 citations (3 serious) and proposed $34,000 in penalties; the current total is $25,085. 5 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Mar 4, 2024. The employer has 3 other inspections on its California record.
Citations
Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.
Issued Nov 6, 2023. Proposed $800, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 15, 2023, final order Jan 24, 2024. Read the rule.
Issued Nov 6, 2023. Proposed $800, current $650. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 15, 2023, final order Jan 24, 2024. Read the rule.
Issued Nov 6, 2023. Proposed $7,200, current $5,850. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 15, 2023, final order Jan 24, 2024. Read the rule.
Issued Nov 6, 2023. Proposed $7,200, current $585. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 15, 2023, final order Jan 24, 2024. Read the rule.
Issued Nov 6, 2023. Proposed $18,000, current $18,000. 1 workers exposed. Contested Dec 15, 2023, final order Jan 24, 2024. 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 346710700. 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 346710700, 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.