ECOLOGY CENTER
1231 2ND STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94710
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Inspection records
Dec 14, 2022#346390461Dec 14, 2022Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#346390461$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #346390461
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 14, 2022
- Closing Conference Date
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Jan 9, 2023
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 0 reported
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2530 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702
- Industry
- 562111 Solid Waste Collection
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Dec 6, 2016#341955698Dec 6, 2016Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#341955698$7002 viol.2 violations$700 in penalties
Inspection #341955698
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 6, 2016
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 21, 2016
- Final Order
- Jan 13, 2017
- Closed
- Jan 19, 2017
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 17
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $700
- Penalties on Record
- $700
- Site Address
- 1231 2nd Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
- Industry
- 562119 Other Waste Collection
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3380(F)(2) Personal Protective Devices | Other | 1 | 17 | $400 | $400 | - | Jan 13, 2017 | |
| 01002 | 5551(C) Housekeeping | Other | 1 | 17 | $300 | $300 | Feb 14, 2017 | - | Jan 13, 2017 |
Apr 12, 2012#315317719Apr 12, 2012Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#315317719$4001 viol.1 violation$400 in penalties
Inspection #315317719
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 12, 2012
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 19, 2012
- Contested
- Aug 9, 2012
- Final Order
- Nov 15, 2012
- Closed
- Dec 31, 2012
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 57
- Related Activity
- 2 accidents
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $550
- Penalties on Record
- $400
- Site Address
- 669 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA 94710
- Industry
- 562920 Materials Recovery Facilities
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.
Truck backing onto scales strikes and kills worker
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4355 Operating Rules for Compaction Equipment OSHA citation code: 4355 C02 | Other | 1 | 1 | $550 | $400 | Aug 28, 2012 | Aug 9, 2012 | Nov 15, 2012 |
Jan 13, 1997#125644583Jan 13, 1997Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#125644583$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #125644583
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 13, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 17, 1997
- Closed
- Mar 17, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 20
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1231 2nd Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
- 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.
Dec 12, 1995#119668994Dec 12, 1995Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#119668994$8253 viol.3 violations$825 in penalties
Inspection #119668994
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 12, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 14, 1996
- Closed
- May 22, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 14
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $825
- Penalties on Record
- $825
- Site Address
- 1231 2nd Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
- 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 (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5194 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 5194 H01 | Other | 1 | 1 | $75 | $75 | Mar 31, 1996 | - | - |
| 02001 | 3336 Loading Dock Operations | Serious | 1 | 5 | $375 | $375 | Mar 11, 1996 | - | - |
| 03001 | 4650 Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders OSHA citation code: 4650 D | Serious | 1 | 1 | $375 | $375 | Mar 11, 1996 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
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.
5 inspections, 1995 to 2022. 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.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.