OSHA has inspected Workforce Outsourcing Inc. 16 times in California since 2004.
The latest one began on Feb 9, 2018 after an accident, in San Jose.
Those inspections ended with 24 citation items: 4 serious and 20 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $99,565 and now stand at $50,505, 49% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,201, and Workforce Outsourcing Inc. averages $2,175 (2 cited inspections).
Inspection 342938263 OPENED FEB 9, 2018Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 825 employees at the site · Closed Aug 26, 2019
333 Sunol St., San Jose, CA 95126 · Payroll Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Feb 5, 2018: Employee falls from top of wall and suffers back injuries an
At 3:20 p.m. on February 5, 2018, an employee was on top of a 9 foot wooden framed wall in a building that was under construction and was nailing braces on the top portion of the wall to the plumb wall. The employee turned to nail the next brace, lost his balance, and fell from the wall to the floor, landing on top of his hammer. The employee was hospitalized with lower back pains and a sprained left hand.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1509(A) |
Other-than-serious | $1,500 | $525 | Jul 5, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 3395(I) |
Other-than-serious | $1,500 | $525 | Jul 5, 2018 | Final |
Incident on May 10, 2013: Employee amputates fingers in material cutter
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on May 10, 2013, Employee #1, a material cutter, was performing his normally assigned duties as a material cutter. The employee was w orking with a fabric slitter to open up fabric. Employeen#1 struck his head on t he machine and his left fingers accidentally contacted the circular knife. The e mployee suffered a partial amputation of the fourth finger on his left hand and laceration of his fifth finger of his left hand. Employee #1 was taken to Lemus Medical Center, where he was treated and released
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 342 A |
Other-than-serious | $5,000 | $2,500 | Oct 21, 2013 | 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.
