99 Cent Store safety record at a glance
99 Cent Store has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 1, 2000 and Oct 12, 2015. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $23,435 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $10,205. The largest single penalty, $5,850, came from an inspection opened Sep 1, 2000 in Arcadia. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #15,045 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Tracy, Stockton, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Fairfield, Rancho Cordova, Carmichael, Arcadia.
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Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2015 | Tracy | Complaint | 1 citation | $410 | $410 | Nov 16, 2015 |
| May 12, 2010 | Stockton | Complaint | 2 citations | $550 | $400 | Apr 25, 2012 |
| Oct 22, 2007 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jul 3, 2009 |
| Jul 24, 2007 | Los Angeles | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 10, 2007 |
| Oct 13, 2006 | Fairfield | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Apr 5, 2007 |
| Apr 11, 2006 | Rancho Cordova | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 24, 2006 |
| Jul 13, 2005 | Carmichael | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,585 | $2,585 | Aug 11, 2008 |
| Apr 28, 2005 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 16, 2005 |
| Jun 9, 2003 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $285 | $285 | Jun 26, 2006 |
| Sep 1, 2000 | Arcadia | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $18,930 | $5,850 | Mar 7, 2001 |
Also recorded as: 99 Cent Store Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 2 citations, 1 serious, $6,525
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, $1,125
- 8 CCR 2500.9: 1 citation, $410
- 8 CCR 340: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $335
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 1 citation, $285
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Stockton employment lawyer, Sacramento 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 Store
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.