Cabinets 2000, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations
Norwalk, California · Wood Kitchen Cabinet and Countertop Manufacturing · NAICS 337110
12inspections
42citation items
$99,155current penalties
Sep 12, 2025last inspection
OSHA has inspected Cabinets 2000, LLC 12 times in California since 2005.
The latest one began on Sep 12, 2025 after an accident, in Norwalk; the case is still open.
Those inspections ended with 42 citation items: 11 serious and 31 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $130,155 and now stand at $99,155, 24% lower after settlements or reviews.
comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 2340.23.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Cabinets 2000, LLC averages $18,187 (3 cited inspections).
Cabinets 2000, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Nov 18, 2011: Employee gets finger laceration by door clamp
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on November 18, 2011, Employee #1 of Cabinets 2000 w as injured, suffering a laceration to left middle finger, when his finger got cr ushed by a clamp of a door assembly machine in door assembly area. Employee #1, was assembling a wooden door, had some trouble in assembling the door, and asked a coworker for help. The coworker was standing within three feet of Employee #1 near same machine and activated the foot pedal of door assembly machine when Em ployee #1 was checking the panel with his hand to see if panel was smooth. A rou nd clamp on machine came down and pinched the left middle finger of Employee #1 between the door and clamp.
No citations from this inspection.
4 older inspections
Inspection 314753484 OPENED OCT 6, 2010Closed
Planned · Partial · Safety · 100 employees at the site · Closed Oct 29, 2011
Incident on Apr 18, 2007: Employee's finger is amputated in conveyor
At approximately 9:40 a.m. on April 18, 2007, Employee #1, a machine helper, was working with a coworker on a LOBO Shaper Machine, Serial Number 29C1122-06. Emp loyee #1 was waiting for a door being worked on to come out of the machine. The doors are moved through the machine by a block conveyor system. At the end of th e line, the conveyor enters the machine. An opening is created at that point, wh ere the blocks composing the conveyor system split before entering the machine. The split that is created between the blocks is approximately 0.5-in. wide. Empl oyee #1's glasses were foggy and he couldn't see and he had his hand on the conv eyor. His left hand middle finger was caught in the split created between the bl ocks resulting in an amputation of his left hands middle finger.
Incident on Nov 16, 2005: Employee's finger tip is amputated when saw kicks back
On November 16, 2005, a worker was using a table saw (Casolin Number 2571) to ri p a 45-degree bevel in particle board that was 48-in. long and 13-in. wide. Prio r to cutting the particle board, he removed all the safety devices (the hood gua rd, spreader, and anti-kickback device). Employee #1 was walking by, transportin g a cabinet, when the particle board kicked back. Employee #1 sustained a partia l amputation of a finger. The saw operator stated that the removal of the safety devices was the only way to perform the cut, and that his supervisor has seen h im remove the safety devices when he does this type of work.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 4300 A
Other-than-serious
$5,400
$0
Mar 30, 2006
Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 4300 D
Other-than-serious
$5,400
$0
Mar 30, 2006
Final
Citation 4, item 1
29 CFR 4300 E
Serious
$18,000
$13,500
Mar 30, 2006
Final
Inspection 301336020 OPENED JUL 20, 2005Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 300 employees at the site · Closed Dec 28, 2007
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Norwalk site logged 19 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 385 workers: 7.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 50 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Cabinets 2000 LLC
Norwalk · 2025
385
19
5
7.6
3.7
Cabinets 2000, LLC
Norwalk · 2022
242
25
6
8.0
4.6
Cabinets 2000
Norwalk · 2020
250
35
9
9.8
3.7
11100 Firestone Blvd.
Norwalk · 2019
363
33
7
8.8
3.7
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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