Rule record, Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections

8 CCR 5207: Cal/OSHA Citations

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

Every Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspection that cited 8 CCR 5207 since 2000: 29 inspections, 60 citations, $37,055 in penalties, newest first.

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.

Cal/OSHA inspections under 8 CCR 5207 at a glance

Since 2000, 29 California inspections have cited 8 CCR 5207, 60 citations in all, 4 of them serious, carrying $37,055 in penalties after appeals. In the last 12 months 0 inspections opened. The industries inspected most here are Manufacturing (14), (6), Educational Services (2).

Where it is cited most: Los Angeles (8), Alameda (5), San Mateo (3), Sonoma (3), Marin (2), Orange (2), San Diego (2), Santa Clara (1), Butte (1), San Joaquin (1).

All inspections, newest first

29 inspections. Click a date for the citations.

EmployerCityOpenedWhyResultPenalty
Costco Wholesale CorporationNational CityAug 11, 2023Unprogrammed related4 citations$2,240
Ravi Patel MD, Inc.BakersfieldMar 10, 2022Complaint5 citations 3 serious$15,645
Process Control LaboratoryBurbankFeb 27, 2019Complaint6 citations 1 serious$2,045
Paradise Pictures LLCChicoFeb 11, 2019Accident5 citations$2,250
Automation Plating CorporationGlendaleOct 18, 2018Complaint9 citations 1 serious$4,145
Esterline Technologies CoorporationValenciaAug 7, 2018Accident7 citations 2 serious$26,550
Hawker Pacific AerospaceSun ValleyJun 16, 2016Accident4 citations$1,420
New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc.ChatsworthOct 9, 2015Complaint5 citations 2 serious$12,185
Augustine Consulting, Inc.TracyMay 28, 2015Complaint3 citations$260
All Metals Inc. dba Ecs RefiningSanta ClaraJul 28, 2011Complaint2 citations$750
Kvo Industries, Inc.Santa RosaFeb 23, 2010Complaint2 citations$100
Chabot CollegeHaywardOct 6, 2009Complaint7 citations$2,100
CA Dept of Corrections San QuentinSan QuentinSep 2, 2008Complaint7 citations$1,050
CA Dept. of CorrectionsSan QuentinJul 3, 2008Complaint4 citations$840
Rotometals, IncSan LeandroMay 19, 2008Complaint15 citations 2 serious$2,640
Macken Instruments, IncSanta RosaApr 24, 2007Complaint6 citations$700
Tyco ElectronicsRedwood CityMar 8, 2007Complaint10 citations$3,400
Embarcadero Systems Corp.AlamedaNov 2, 2005Complaint17 citations$1,970
Automotive Caliper ExchangeAnaheimOct 3, 2005Complaint6 citations$750
United Airlines, Maintenance BaseSan FranciscoApr 3, 2003Complaint1 citation$280
Eme IncComptonAug 15, 2002Complaint17 citations 2 serious$4,430
Peralta Comm College Dist dba College of AlamedaOaklandApr 12, 2002Complaint31 citations 17 serious$17,490
Sonoma Tilemakers, Inc.WindsorJun 14, 2001Complaint10 citations$750
AblestikRancho DominguezApr 11, 2001Complaint1 citation$350
HoneywellVernonFeb 6, 2001Complaint6 citations$2,435
Specialized ProcessingEl CajonNov 3, 2000Complaint23 citations 8 serious 1 willful$57,220
United AirlinesSan FranciscoMay 8, 2000Complaint3 citations$1,050
E-D Coat, Inc.OaklandMar 31, 2000Referral14 citations 1 serious$2,950
Omni Metal Finishing, Inc.Fountain ValleyMar 24, 2000Complaint20 citations 2 serious$12,545

Largest penalties under 8 CCR 5207

EmployerInspectionsCitationsPenaltiesDeathsLatest
Specialized Processing123$57,2200Nov 3, 2000
Esterline Technologies Coorporation17$26,5500Aug 7, 2018
Peralta Comm College Dist dba College of Alameda131$17,4900Apr 12, 2002
Ravi Patel MD, Inc.15$15,6450Mar 10, 2022
Omni Metal Finishing, Inc.120$12,5450Mar 24, 2000
New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc.15$12,1850Oct 9, 2015
Eme Inc117$4,4300Aug 15, 2002
Automation Plating Corporation19$4,1450Oct 18, 2018
Tyco Electronics110$3,4000Mar 8, 2007
E-D Coat, Inc.114$2,9500Mar 31, 2000
Rotometals, Inc115$2,6400May 19, 2008
Honeywell16$2,4350Feb 6, 2001
Paradise Pictures LLC15$2,2500Feb 11, 2019
Costco Wholesale Corporation14$2,2400Aug 11, 2023
Chabot College17$2,1000Oct 6, 2009
Process Control Laboratory16$2,0450Feb 27, 2019
Embarcadero Systems Corp.117$1,9700Nov 2, 2005
Hawker Pacific Aerospace14$1,4200Jun 16, 2016
CA Dept of Corrections San Quentin17$1,0500Sep 2, 2008
United Airlines13$1,0500May 8, 2000

By year opened

YearInspectionsWith citationsCitationsPenaltiesDeaths
2023114$2,2400
2022115$15,6450
20192211$4,2950
20182216$30,6950
2016114$1,4200
2015228$12,4450
2011112$7500
2010112$1000
2009117$2,1000
20083326$4,5300
20072216$4,1000
20052223$2,7200
2003111$2800
20022248$21,9200
20013317$3,5350
20004460$73,7650

Your rights when the hazard is real

You can report it, and the employer may not touch you for it. Any worker can file a confidential complaint with the nearest Cal/OSHA district office, by phone, online or in writing, and can ask that the employer not be told who complained. Firing, demoting, cutting hours, threatening or otherwise punishing a worker for a safety complaint, for reporting an injury, for testifying or for asking for a Cal/OSHA inspection is unlawful retaliation under Labor Code 6310; a complaint to the Labor Commissioner's Retaliation Complaint Investigation unit must be filed within one year, and a civil lawsuit is also available.

You can refuse work that would violate a safety standard and create a real and apparent hazard to you or your coworkers, and the employer may not retaliate for that refusal (Labor Code 6311). Say why in writing if you can, name the rule or the hazard, and keep a copy.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections opened through Oct 27, 2026. 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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