Able Sheet Metal, Inc. safety record at a glance
Able Sheet Metal, Inc. has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 17, 2016 and Apr 4, 2025. 5 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 17 in all: 5 serious, 2 repeat. Inspectors proposed $190,730 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $159,635. The largest single penalty, $90,000, came from an inspection opened Apr 4, 2025 in Los Angeles. That places the employer at #177 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Los Angeles, San Leandro.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2025 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation 1 repeat | $90,000 | $90,000 | Dec 24, 2025 |
| May 25, 2022 | San Leandro | Accident | 1 citation | $5,850 | $2,000 | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Aug 21, 2020 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation 1 repeat | $32,400 | $24,300 | Jul 29, 2024 |
| Nov 1, 2018 | Los Angeles | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $15,450 | $12,775 | Dec 30, 2019 |
| Jan 10, 2017 | Los Angeles | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $11,940 | $6,860 | Jul 31, 2018 |
| May 17, 2016 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 9 citations 3 serious | $35,090 | $23,700 | Jan 16, 2018 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4214: 3 citations, 1 serious, $121,050
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $12,600
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,800
- 8 CCR 4215: 1 citation, 1 serious, $14,400
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 4075: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 2473.2: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 2473.1: 1 citation, $175
Local pages: Los Angeles employment lawyer, San Leandro 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Able Sheet Metal, Inc.
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.