Airgas USA, LLC safety record at a glance
Airgas USA, LLC has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 15, 2000 and Aug 13, 2026. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $54,455 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $32,555. The largest single penalty, $28,200, came from an inspection opened Jul 9, 2021 in Salinas. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #3,097 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Manufacturing; Utilities. Worksites in Sacramento, San Jose, Rancho Cucamonga, Wilmington, City of Industry, Salinas, Concord, Richmond.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | Sacramento | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Sep 2, 2025 | San Jose | Accident | 2 citations | $1,135 | $1,135 | open |
| Feb 6, 2025 | Rancho Cucamonga | Planned | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Dec 4, 2024 | Wilmington | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Nov 27, 2023 | City of Industry | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | May 10, 2024 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Salinas | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $50,100 | $28,200 | Jul 28, 2025 |
| Dec 30, 2020 | Concord | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Jun 14, 2021 |
| Jan 25, 2017 | Wilmington | Planned | 5 citations | $1,495 | $1,495 | Sep 4, 2018 |
| Nov 30, 2007 | Richmond | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 30, 2008 |
| Jul 6, 2005 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 30, 2005 |
| Jul 18, 2003 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 9, 2004 |
| Jan 21, 2003 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $565 | $565 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Nov 15, 2000 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 4, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Airgas; Airgas USA, LLC.; Airgas USA LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,625
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,485
- 8 CCR 4650: 2 citations, $565
- 8 CCR 5189: 2 citations, $185
- 8 CCR 3384: 1 citation, $9,000
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3221, Fire prevention plan: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3317: 1 citation, $560
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento employment lawyer, San Jose employment lawyer, Rancho Cucamonga 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 Airgas USA, LLC
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.