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Finelite, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Union City, California · Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing · NAICS 335122

5inspections
10citation items
$6,780current penalties
Jul 17, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Finelite, Inc. 5 times in California since 2015.

The latest one began on Jul 17, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Union City.

Those inspections ended with 10 citation items: 1 serious and 9 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $11,055 and now stand at $6,780, 39% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Finelite, Inc. averages $1,695 (4 cited inspections).

Finelite, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Finelite, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347623951 OPENED JUL 17, 2024Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 300 employees at the site · Closed Dec 18, 2024

30500 Whipple Road, Union City, CA 94587 · Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$185$185Sep 25, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2 Other-than-serious$185$185Sep 25, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 3314(G)(2)(A)
Other-than-serious$560$560Sep 25, 2024Final

Inspection 347420580 OPENED APR 17, 2024Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 250 employees at the site · Closed Jun 24, 2024

30500 Whipple Road, Union City, CA 94587 · Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$750$300May 24, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 4184(B)
Serious$6,750$4,050May 24, 2024Final

Inspection 347364416 OPENED MAR 21, 2024Closed

Complaint · No inspection · Safety · Closed Mar 22, 2024

295 S Vasco Road, Livermore, CA 94551 · Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 342530441 OPENED AUG 8, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 48 employees at the site · Closed Nov 6, 2017

295 South Vasco Road, Livermore, CA 94551 · Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3664(A)
Other-than-serious$375$150Sep 27, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 461(A)
Other-than-serious$750$450Sep 27, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 3273(A)
Other-than-serious$750$450Sep 27, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4 Other-than-serious$750$450Sep 27, 2017Final

Inspection 341005353 OPENED OCT 22, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 350 employees at the site · Closed Dec 8, 2015

30500 Whipple Road, Union City, CA 94587 · Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3203(A)
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 16, 2015Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2024, the Union City site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 288 workers: 2.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 5 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Finelite
Union City · 2024
288 612.91.9
Finelite, Union City
Union City · 2023
310 822.71.9
Finelite, Livermore
Livermore · 2023
27 000.01.9

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 2340.16

29 CFR 2340.2

29 CFR 2500.8

29 CFR 2510.4

Other commercial, industrial, and institutional electric lighting fixture manufacturing employers in California

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