99 Cent Only Stores safety record at a glance
99 Cent Only Stores has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 9, 2008 and Sep 6, 2020. 4 of them were complaint inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $29,150 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $12,500. The largest single penalty, $8,100, came from an inspection opened Sep 6, 2020 in Riverside. That places the employer at #12,507 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Riverside, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Porterville, Oakland, Commerce.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2020 | Riverside | Referral | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,950 | $8,100 | Aug 29, 2022 |
| Jan 18, 2017 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $2,245 | $2,245 | Nov 6, 2018 |
| Jan 14, 2016 | Santa Barbara | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,915 | $1,165 | Apr 12, 2017 |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Porterville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 17, 2014 |
| Jun 20, 2013 | Oakland | Complaint | 2 citations | $840 | $340 | Dec 27, 2013 |
| Sep 9, 2008 | Commerce | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,200 | $650 | May 13, 2009 |
Also recorded as: 99 Cent Only Stores LLC; 99 Cent Only Stores LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $8,285
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $1,495
- 8 CCR 3272: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $750
- 5A0001: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 3225: 1 citation, $340
- 8 CCR 461: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, $325
Local pages: Riverside employment lawyer, Los Angeles employment lawyer.
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at 99 Cent Only Stores
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 1, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.