Inspection record, Sacramento

CMH Manufacturing West, Inc dba Karsten Homes Cal/OSHA Inspection, Feb 27, 2025

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

Planned inspection in Sacramento: 23 citations, $19,685. One of 4 inspections on this employer's record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,853 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 CMH Manufacturing West, Inc dba Karsten Homes at 9998 Old Placerville Road, Sacramento (Sacramento County) on Feb 27, 2025. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. The record lists 23,000 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. Inspectors issued 23 citations (3 serious) and proposed $38,070 in penalties; after appeal or settlement the current total is $19,685. 23 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Feb 2, 2026. 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.

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 2340.1, Maintenance General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $560, current $450. 3 instances. 22 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 2340.2(b), Examination, Installation, and Use of Equipment General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $700, current $560. 20 instances. 155 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 2473.1(b), Conductors Entering Boxes, Cabinets, or Fittings General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $280, current $225. 4 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 2500.10(a), Pull at Joints and Terminals General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $560, current $450. 4 instances. 31 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 2500.25, Maintenance of Outer Sheath General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $750, current $600. 8 instances. 48 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 3273(a), Working area, floors and walkways General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $375, current $300. 4 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 3328(c), Machinery and equipment, general General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $375, current $300. 6 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 5097(c)(1), Hearing Conservation Program General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $935, current $750. 167 instances. 167 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 5150(b)(1), Ventilation and Personal Protective Equipment Requirements for Welding, Brazing and Cutting General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $375, current $300. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01010: 8 CCR 5162(c), Emergency eyewash and shower General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $560, current $450. 2 instances. 30 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01011: 8 CCR 5162(d), Emergency eyewash and shower General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $560, current $0. 2 instances. 30 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01012: 8 CCR 5204(d)(3)(A), Occupational Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $935, current $750. 10 instances. 127 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01013: 8 CCR 5204(d)(3)(C), Occupational Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $935, current $0. 3 instances. 31 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01014: 8 CCR 5204(d)(6)(A), Occupational Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $935, current $0. 31 instances. 31 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01015: 8 CCR 5204(f)(2), Occupational Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $935, current $750. 10 instances. 127 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01016: 8 CCR 5204(h)(3)(A), Occupational Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $935, current $750. 10 instances. 127 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01017: 8 CCR 5204(i)(1), Occupational Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $935, current $750. 10 instances. 127 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01018: 8 CCR 5204(j)(2)(A), Occupational Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $935, current $750. 37 instances. 37 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01019: 8 CCR 5204(j)(2)(B), Occupational Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $935, current $0. 127 instances. 127 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01020: 8 CCR 5204(l)(4), Occupational Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica General
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $935, current $750. 127 instances. 127 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 29, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3396(d)(1), Heat illness prevention, indoor Serious
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $16,875, current $5,400. 207 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Abatement due Sep 5, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3578(g), Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding Serious
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $3,375, current $2,700. 3 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 2025. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 4184(b), Cranes and derricks, general Serious
Issued Aug 26, 2025. Proposed $3,375, current $2,700. 4 workers exposed. Contested Sep 18, 2025, final order Dec 19, 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 348073859. 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 348073859, checked Nov 4, 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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