OSHA has inspected Rustic Bakery, Inc. 2 times in California since 2018.
The latest one began on Aug 4, 2023 after an accident, in Petaluma.
Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 2 serious and 5 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $42,600 and now stand at $34,500, 19% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,874, and Rustic Bakery, Inc. averages $17,250 (2 cited inspections).
Inspection 343679536 OPENED DEC 21, 2018Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 90 employees at the site · Closed Sep 24, 2019
3902 Cypress Drive, Petaluma, CA 94954 · Commercial Bakeries · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Dec 19, 2018: Employee crushes three fingers and amputates one when caught
At 9:45 p.m. on December 19, 2018, an employee was cleaning a Janssen Cookie Molding Machine Model # FM 128, after the daily production run was completed. The employee opened the hopper's lift grid guard and was removing the left over dough when the machine started and caught three fingers from his left hand in the machine rollers and crushed them. The employee amputated his index finger and had surgery performed on the other two. The employee was hospitalized. hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
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| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 342(A) |
Other-than-serious | $5,000 | $5,000 | Jun 3, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 3203(A) |
Other-than-serious | $800 | $800 | Jun 3, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 3328(G) |
Other-than-serious | $800 | $800 | Jun 3, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 3314(C) |
Serious | $16,200 | $16,200 | Jun 3, 2019 | Final |
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.