Action Metal Recycling, Inc. safety record at a glance
Action Metal Recycling, Inc. has been the subject of 3 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 30, 2006 and Apr 1, 2014. 2 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 8 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $21,340 in penalties, and that total stands. The largest single penalty, $19,700, came from an inspection opened Dec 17, 2012 in Richmond. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #6,098 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Richmond.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2014 | Richmond | Referral | 4 citations | $1,640 | Nov 6, 2014 |
| Dec 17, 2012 | Richmond | Accident | death 3 citations 1 serious | $19,700 | Nov 3, 2017 |
| Jun 30, 2006 | Richmond | Accident | 1 citation | $0 | Oct 24, 2006 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $1,235
- 8 CCR 4355, Operating Rules for Compaction Equipment: 2 citations, $820
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, $875
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $410
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Richmond 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Action Metal Recycling, 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 4, 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.