Ameri-Kleen safety record at a glance
Ameri-Kleen has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 5, 2010 and Nov 20, 2025. 10 of them were accident inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 35 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $188,190 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $93,850. The largest single penalty, $24,900, came from an inspection opened Mar 6, 2020 in Oxnard. That places the employer at #499 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 3 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Manufacturing; Retail Trade. Worksites in Santa Maria, Hollister, Oxnard, Guadalupe, Morgan Hill, Watsonville, Moss Landing, Gonzales.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2025 | Santa Maria | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $4,500 | $4,500 | open |
| Oct 18, 2022 | Hollister | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,500 | Feb 15, 2023 |
| Sep 22, 2021 | Oxnard | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $12,000 | $12,125 | Jan 17, 2024 |
| May 6, 2021 | Guadalupe | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,350 | $725 | Jan 10, 2023 |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Oxnard | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $50,510 | $24,900 | Nov 8, 2021 |
| Jan 29, 2019 | Morgan Hill | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $44,500 | $14,000 | Sep 10, 2020 |
| Dec 8, 2015 | Watsonville | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $19,970 | $10,515 | Jun 5, 2017 |
| Aug 18, 2015 | Moss Landing | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,500 | $610 | Jun 13, 2016 |
| Aug 10, 2015 | Oxnard | Accident | 2 citations | $1,000 | $1,000 | Mar 22, 2016 |
| Feb 13, 2015 | Oxnard | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $25,800 | $13,500 | Apr 6, 2016 |
| Sep 24, 2014 | Gonzales | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $19,680 | $6,520 | Feb 25, 2016 |
| Aug 12, 2014 | Rancho Cucamonga | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 23, 2015 |
| Mar 30, 2011 | El Centro | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 17, 2011 |
| Feb 10, 2011 | Watsonville | Planned | 4 citations | $1,400 | $975 | Jun 2, 2011 |
| Oct 11, 2010 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 14, 2011 |
| Jun 14, 2010 | Salinas | Complaint | 2 citations | $980 | $980 | Feb 10, 2011 |
| May 5, 2010 | Santa Cruz | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 28, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Ameri-Kleen dba Sanitation Specialits Inc; Ameri-Kleen dba Sanitation Specialists; Ameri- Kleen Inc.; Ameri-Kleen, Inc.; Ameri-Kleen dba. Sanitation Specialist.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 13 citations, 7 serious, $69,600
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, 1 serious, $1,345
- 8 CCR 3384: 3 citations, $7,000
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 1 serious, $8,300
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $1,120
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 2 citations, $1,000
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $325
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,500
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Maria employment lawyer, Oxnard 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 Ameri-Kleen
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.