Ace Hardware safety record at a glance
Ace Hardware has been the subject of 19 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 7, 2003 and May 18, 2026. 11 of them were complaint inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 16 in all: 5 serious, 2 repeat. Inspectors proposed $200,285 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $93,460. The largest single penalty, $43,200, came from an inspection opened Jun 28, 2022 in Rocklin. That places the employer at #507 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Retail Trade. Worksites in Rocklin, Visalia, Woodland, Antioch, Oceanside, Hayward.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | Rocklin | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Visalia | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jun 23, 2025 |
| Jul 9, 2024 | Visalia | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $9,000 | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Rocklin | Accident | 2 citations 2 repeat | $72,000 | $43,200 | Apr 3, 2023 |
| Jun 10, 2020 | Woodland | Accident | 1 citation | $475 | $475 | Jul 27, 2020 |
| Feb 26, 2020 | Antioch | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Feb 26, 2020 | Antioch | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 1, 2020 |
| Feb 11, 2020 | Rocklin | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $2,000 | Nov 19, 2021 |
| Sep 17, 2019 | Rocklin | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $45,000 | $9,850 | Nov 19, 2021 |
| May 23, 2018 | Rocklin | Complaint | 1 citation | $475 | $475 | Jul 11, 2018 |
| Dec 21, 2016 | Rocklin | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 16, 2017 |
| Dec 21, 2016 | Rocklin | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 16, 2017 |
| Apr 7, 2016 | Rocklin | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $10,410 | $10,410 | Oct 3, 2016 |
| Aug 19, 2015 | Rocklin | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $34,875 | $17,000 | May 20, 2016 |
| Mar 6, 2014 | Oceanside | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 6, 2014 |
| Sep 24, 2008 | Hayward | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 15, 2008 |
| Oct 11, 2005 | Rocklin | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 28, 2005 |
| May 5, 2004 | Rocklin | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 17, 2004 |
| May 7, 2003 | Rocklin | Complaint | 2 citations | $675 | $675 | Apr 24, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Ace Hardware, Corp; Ace Hardware Corporation.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 5 citations, 2 serious, $64,050
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 2 citations, 1 serious, $6,475
- 8 CCR 4300.1: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,560
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,000
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $2,000
- 8 CCR 3563: 1 citation, $475
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 461: 1 citation, $425
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Visalia 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 Ace Hardware
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.