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1952 EL CAMINO REAL, SAN MATEO, CA 94403
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Inspection records
Jul 18, 2001#125522565Jul 18, 2001Accident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#125522565$18,1502 viol.2 violations$18,150 in penalties
Inspection #125522565
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 18, 2001
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 17, 2001
- Contested
- Jan 24, 2002
- Closed
- Dec 17, 2001
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 101
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $18,150
- Penalties on Record
- $18,150
- Site Address
- 1952 El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94403
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee amputates thumb tip when using food processor
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Jan 24, 2002. Final orders are recorded through May 16, 2003. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3203 Injury and Illness Prevention Program OSHA citation code: 3203 B02 | Other | 1 | - | $150 | $150 | Dec 20, 2001 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4184 Guarding Required OSHA citation code: 4184 B | Serious | 1 | - | $18,000 | $18,000 | Jan 19, 2002 | Jan 24, 2002 | May 16, 2003 |
May 21, 1993#111798914May 21, 1993Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#111798914$1501 viol.1 violation$150 in penalties
Inspection #111798914
Dates
- Opened
- May 21, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- May 24, 1993
- Contested
- Jul 12, 1993
- Final Order
- May 5, 1994
- Closed
- Aug 11, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,500
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $150
- Penalties on Record
- $150
- Site Address
- 1952 South El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94403
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002 | 3273 Working Area OSHA citation code: 3273 A | Other | 1 | 20 | $150 | $150 | Jun 9, 1993 | Jul 12, 1993 | May 5, 1994 |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
2 inspections, 1993 to 2001. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.