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Hassett Hardware: OSHA inspections and violations

Palo Alto, California · Hardware Stores · NAICS 444130

2inspections
1citation items
$750current penalties
Aug 28, 2026last inspection

Hassett Hardware has 2 OSHA inspections on record in California, the first in 2020.

OSHA's last visit started on Aug 28, 2026 after an accident, in San Jose, and the case has not closed yet.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $750 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all retail employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,750. Hassett Hardware averages $750 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Hassett Hardware also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Hassett Hardware: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2026
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 349143016 OPENED AUG 28, 2026Open

Accident · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Open

2253 Lincoln Ave., San Jose, CA 95125 · Hardware Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection so far.

Inspection 344636378 OPENED FEB 18, 2020Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 150 employees at the site · Closed Sep 14, 2020

875 Alma Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301 · Hardware Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 13, 2020: Employee's fingertip is amputated by chop saw

At 12:00 noon on February 13, 2020, an employee, a sales associate, was working on a work bench in the receiving area of a hardware store. The employee was using a DW716 miter saw to cut a small piece of wood for a customer. The employee was cutting the piece of wood when he became distracted, looked away for a second, and cut the tip of his left index finger with the sawblade. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to the tip of his left index finger to the first knuckle.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3203(B)(2)
Other-than-serious$750$750Jul 28, 2020Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2021, the Palo Alto site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 18 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.5 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Hassett Hardware Palo Alto
Palo Alto · 2021
18 000.04.5

The rules behind these citations

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

Other hardware stores employers in California

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