American Red Cross safety record at a glance
American Red Cross has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 3, 2000 and Oct 24, 2017. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $19,710 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $10,865. The largest single penalty, $5,900, came from an inspection opened Mar 3, 2000 in Laguna Hills. That places the employer at #14,343 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Health Care and Social Assistance; Other Services (except Public Administration). Worksites in Yorba Linda, Pomona, Arcadia, Torrance, Oakland, Santa Ana, Laguna Hills.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2017 | Yorba Linda | Accident | 1 citation | $335 $560 proposed | Jan 17, 2018 |
| Sep 6, 2006 | Pomona | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 5, 2007 |
| May 2, 2005 | Pomona | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 17, 2006 |
| Mar 30, 2004 | Arcadia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jun 21, 2004 |
| Jun 11, 2003 | Torrance | Complaint | 3 citations | $700 $9,320 proposed | Dec 31, 2003 |
| Apr 7, 2003 | Pomona | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 30, 2003 |
| Feb 22, 2002 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 7, 2002 |
| May 19, 2000 | Santa Ana | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $3,930 | Dec 7, 2000 |
| Mar 3, 2000 | Laguna Hills | Complaint | 4 citations | $5,900 | Jul 23, 2002 |
Also recorded as: American Red Cross - Blood Service; The American Red Cross.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5193, Bloodborne pathogens: 8 citations, 1 serious, $9,830
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $570
- 8 CCR 3272, Aisles, Walkways, and Crawlways: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 2340.22, Identification of Equipment: 1 citation, $185
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Pomona 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 American Red Cross
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.