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Seagate Technology LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Watsonville, California · Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing · NAICS 334413

4inspections
4citation items
$225current penalties
Dec 28, 2015last inspection

Since 1991, OSHA inspectors have visited Seagate Technology LLC in California 4 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Dec 28, 2015 after an accident, in Fremont.

In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $225 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Seagate Technology LLC averages $0 across 1 cited inspection.

Seagate Technology LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Seagate Technology LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 1991 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341143998 OPENED DEC 28, 2015Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Feb 22, 2016

47488 Kato Rd., Fremont, CA 94538 · Semiconductor Machinery 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$0Feb 22, 2016Final

Inspection 309896371 OPENED JUL 14, 2006Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 150 employees at the site · Closed Oct 12, 2006

195 S. Milpitas Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035 · Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 10, 2006: Employee amputates finger in machine during maintenance

On July 10, 2006, Employee #1, a maintenance technician, was instructed to check an oil leak on a DTI auto packing machine. The employee opened the lower door o f the machine without turning its power off. He found that the oil leak originat ed from a blown out shaft seal. As he was wiping the lower base plate with his l eft hand in a blind reach position, his thumb was sheared by a displacing vertic al shaft. He was treated at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, CA, and was released the same day.

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 120248067 OPENED DEC 2, 1998Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 900 employees at the site · Closed Jan 8, 1999

3845 E Coronado St, Anaheim, CA 92807 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jun 24, 1998: Employee's fingers injured when caught in polisher disks

Employee #1's coworker had unscrewed the polisher head and used the safety block before leaving the machine. The coworker later returned with Employee #1 and re moved the block to operate the machine, forgetting that he had removed the screw s from the head. The polisher disks fell on Employee #1's fingers. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3314 D
Other-than-serious$225$225Dec 24, 1998Closed

Inspection 111761524 OPENED AUG 1, 1991Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 120 employees at the site · Closed May 19, 1992

75 Nielson, Watsonville, CA 95076 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3301 A
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 5, 1991Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 3578 G
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 5, 1991Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Fremont site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 535 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
US Remote
Fremont · 2025
535 000.00.0
Fremont Research Center
Fremont · 2025
480 310.60.0
Seagate Technology
Fremont · 2017
151 100.70.0

The rules behind these citations

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

Other semiconductor and related device manufacturing employers in California

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