American Pallet, Inc. safety record at a glance
American Pallet, Inc. has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 11, 2002 and Mar 23, 2021. 4 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $26,450 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $23,720. The largest single penalty, $14,810, came from an inspection opened Apr 11, 2002 in Oakdale. That places the employer at #5,164 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Oakdale.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2021 | Oakdale | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 30, 2021 |
| May 9, 2019 | Oakdale | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 3, 2019 |
| Mar 14, 2019 | Oakdale | Complaint | 2 citations | $485 | $485 | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Dec 20, 2017 | Oakdale | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 1, 2018 |
| Aug 22, 2017 | Oakdale | Complaint | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | Mar 5, 2018 |
| Feb 7, 2017 | Oakdale | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $4,385 | $3,375 | Aug 21, 2017 |
| Aug 31, 2016 | Oakdale | Planned | 8 citations 2 serious | $6,320 | $4,600 | Dec 28, 2016 |
| Jan 10, 2011 | Oakdale | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 15, 2011 |
| Apr 11, 2002 | Oakdale | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $14,810 | $14,810 | Nov 4, 2004 |
Also recorded as: American Pallet; American Pallet Inc; American Pallet Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4186: 1 citation, 1 serious, $14,400
- 8 CCR 4207: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 4310: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 3942: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 4324: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 4051: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 14301: 1 citation, $275
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $200
Accidents investigated
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.
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If you work, or worked, at American Pallet, 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.