OSHA has inspected Berkeley Forge & Tool Inc. 4 times in California since 1992.
The latest one began on Mar 20, 2018 as a planned inspection, in Berkeley.
Those inspections ended with 25 citation items: 9 serious, 1 willful and 15 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $85,985 and still stand at $100,120.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Berkeley Forge & Tool Inc. averages $15,050 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Berkeley Forge & Tool Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 315317354 OPENED MAR 16, 2012Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 19 employees at the site · Closed Jun 17, 2014
1330 Second St, Berkeley, CA 94710 · Iron and Steel Forging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Mar 15, 2012 (fatal): Employee is struck by and killed pneumatic grinder blade
At approximately 10:20 p.m. on March 15, 2012. The Employee #1 was part of a cre w working on a big lip-blade for a mine shovel excavator. Employee #1 and a memb er of his crew were operating approximately 5 feet away welding a part of a lip- blade, when the blade of the pneumatic grinder hit Employee #1 the head fatally injuring him.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 3556 A |
Other-than-serious | $810 | $0 | Jun 20, 2012 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 3381 A |
Serious | $5,850 | $585 | Jun 20, 2012 | Final |
| Citation 3, item 1 29 CFR 3303 |
Serious | $7,310 | $730 | Jun 20, 2012 | Final |
| Citation 4, item 1 29 CFR 3583 F01 |
Willful | $16,200 | $70,000 | Jun 20, 2012 | Final |
| Citation 5, item 1 29 CFR 3577 B |
Serious | $16,200 | $585 | Jun 20, 2012 | Final |
Incident on Nov 12, 1992: Employee's fingers amputated in trim press
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on November 12, 1992, Employee #1, a trainee of Berk eley Tool and Forge, Inc., with 4 1/2 months experience, was adjusting a Toledo trim press, model #8000. The employee said that he was instructed by a coworker to insert a bar at the rear of the machine, which was to be struck with a sledge hammer. While standing on a mobile conveyor, Employee #1 lost his balance and g rabbed the flywheel assembly with his gloved left hand. The hand was pulled into the gears, amputating his thumb, index, and middle fingers. The press had been turned off but was jogged into the desired adjustment. A serious accident-relate d violation of T8CCR 3203(a)(7)(b) was issued, along with general violations of T8CCR 3384(b) and 4184(b).
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 3384 B |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 22, 1993 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 4184 B |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 22, 1993 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 3203 A07 B |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 22, 1993 | Closed |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Berkeley site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 20 workers: 9.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
