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CHAM CAL ENGINEERING INC
$17,300
penalties
4
viol.
2
insp.

CHAM CAL ENGINEERING INC

12722 WESTERN AVE, GARDEN GROVE, CA 92841NAICS 332111 Iron and Steel Forging

Inspections
2
Apr 2011 to Apr 2014 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
4
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$17,300
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 1Willful 0Repeat 0Other 3

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Inspection records

Apr 25, 2014Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#317387298$00 viol.

Inspection #317387298

Dates

Opened
Apr 25, 2014
Closing Conference Date
Apr 30, 2014
Closed
Sep 4, 2014

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
78
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
12722 Western Ave, Garden Grove, CA 92841
Industry
332111 Iron and Steel Forging

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.

Apr 14, 2011OpenAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#313170060$17,3004 viol.

Inspection #313170060

Dates

Opened
Apr 14, 2011
Closing Conference Date
Sep 9, 2011
Closed
Open

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
80
Related Activity
1 complaint, 1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
4
Violation Types
1 serious, 3 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$18,250
Penalties on Record
$17,300
Site Address
12722 Western Ave, Garden Grove, CA 92841
Industry
332111 Iron and Steel Forging

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.

OSHA's inspection record does not currently show a close date for this case. Citation-level records on this page may still show later contest, penalty, or failure-to-abate activity.

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.

AmputationMar 10, 2011

Employee's fingers are amputated by punch press

Injury: AmputationBody part: Finger(s)Source: MachineEvent: Caught In or Between

Violations

Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010013203
Injury and Illness Prevention Program
OSHA citation code: 3203 A
Other11$800$400Sep 14, 2011--
010023314
The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout
OSHA citation code: 3314 G
Other11$800$400Oct 9, 2011--
010034193
Machines Using Part Revolution Clutches
OSHA citation code: 4193 C
Other21$450$300Sep 14, 2011--
020014208
Point of Operation Devices
OSHA citation code: 4208 H
Serious11$16,200$16,200Sep 14, 2011--
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About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

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.

Standards cited

3203Injury and Illness Prevention Program1 citation · $400
3314The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout1 citation · $400
4193Machines Using Part Revolution Clutches1 citation · $300

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer2.0
Industry average3.3
Penalties per inspection
This employer$8,650
Industry average$2,307

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, 47,300 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: iron and steel forging reported 5.4 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 14.6%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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