Altman Specialty Plants, Inc. safety record at a glance
Altman Specialty Plants, Inc. has been the subject of 28 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 5, 2000 and Sep 25, 2026. 13 of them were accident inspections. 18 of them produced citations, 57 in all: 12 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $191,770 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $132,890. The largest single penalty, $37,910, came from an inspection opened May 3, 2018 in Salinas. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #253 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 3 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Wholesale Trade; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Nipomo, Perris, Salinas, Vista, Pacoima, San Marcos, Fallbrook, Bonsall.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | Nipomo | Planned | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Perris | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 23, 2025 |
| Jan 17, 2025 | Vista | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $5,620 | $4,385 | Jul 22, 2025 |
| May 21, 2024 | Vista | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 15, 2025 |
| Jan 24, 2024 | Pacoima | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2024 |
| Sep 6, 2023 | San Marcos | Accident | 2 citations | $1,870 | $750 | Aug 14, 2024 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Fallbrook | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 17, 2022 |
| Apr 5, 2022 | Vista | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Dec 23, 2022 |
| Feb 1, 2021 | San Marcos | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 29, 2021 |
| Jul 3, 2020 | Perris | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 8, 2021 |
| Dec 11, 2019 | Salinas | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,850 | $18,390 | May 3, 2021 |
| Jun 26, 2019 | Salinas | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $19,800 | $18,450 | May 18, 2026 |
| Jan 8, 2019 | Perris | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $19,125 | $4,725 | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Aug 30, 2018 | Bonsall | Complaint | 1 citation 1 repeat | $1,500 | $1,500 | Mar 4, 2020 |
| May 3, 2018 | Salinas | Accident | 5 citations 2 serious | $47,020 | $37,910 | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Feb 7, 2017 | Perris | Accident | 6 citations 4 serious | $60,225 | $32,665 | Apr 7, 2021 |
| Jun 21, 2016 | Bonsall | Complaint | 2 citations | $795 | $525 | Dec 13, 2017 |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Vista | Planned | 13 citations 1 serious | $5,325 | $4,200 | Feb 15, 2017 |
| Jun 8, 2015 | Vista | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,030 | $900 | Mar 13, 2017 |
| Oct 23, 2014 | Vista | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $300 | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Oct 23, 2014 | Vista | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 23, 2014 |
| Oct 2, 2013 | Vista | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $450 | Apr 7, 2016 |
| Jul 2, 2013 | Vista | Referral | 3 citations | $1,680 | $1,050 | Oct 28, 2015 |
| Jul 12, 2012 | Escondido | Complaint | 8 citations | $4,160 | $3,255 | Jul 8, 2013 |
| Jun 21, 2012 | Salinas | Accident | 1 citation | $800 | $400 | Jul 13, 2013 |
| Oct 22, 2001 | Vista | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 22, 2002 |
| Sep 5, 2000 | Vista | Accident | 4 citations | $2,435 | $2,435 | Jul 24, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Altman Specialty Plants; Altman Specialty Plants Inc; Altman Specialty Plants, Inc; Altman Specialty Plants, LLC; Altman Specialty Plants LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 9 citations, $7,050
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 8 citations, 3 serious, $14,300
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 6 citations, $1,980
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 3 citations, 2 serious, $23,790
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 3 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,525
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 2 citations, 1 serious, $14,550
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,685
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Salinas 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 Altman Specialty Plants, 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.