Ampco Contracting Inc. safety record at a glance
Ampco Contracting Inc. has been the subject of 18 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 17, 2008 and Jul 1, 2025. 6 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $61,855 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $59,815. The largest single penalty, $35,435, came from an inspection opened Apr 1, 2025 in Santa Ana. That places the employer at #1,105 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: Construction; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Altadena, Santa Ana, Gardena, Anaheim, Los Angeles, Huntington Beach, Culver City, El Monte.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2025 | Altadena | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 23, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Altadena | Planned | no citations | $0 | May 18, 2026 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Santa Ana | Fatality or catastrophe | 3 citations 3 serious | $35,435 | open |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Altadena | Complaint | 1 citation | $685 | Aug 18, 2025 |
| Feb 15, 2022 | Gardena | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 1 serious | $16,950 | open |
| Aug 19, 2021 | Anaheim | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Dec 15, 2021 |
| Feb 27, 2019 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $750 | Sep 2, 2019 |
| Feb 22, 2019 | Huntington Beach | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | Sep 13, 2019 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Culver City | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Feb 15, 2019 |
| Oct 2, 2018 | El Monte | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 15, 2019 |
| Sep 10, 2015 | Gardena | Referral | no citations | $0 | Sep 18, 2015 |
| Aug 3, 2015 | Santa Fe Springs | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Feb 3, 2016 |
| Jan 21, 2015 | Tustin | Referral | no citations | $0 | Jan 27, 2015 |
| Dec 29, 2014 | Glendale | Referral | 4 citations | $780 $1,500 proposed | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Aug 27, 2014 | Glendale | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 $600 proposed | Nov 10, 2015 |
| Dec 31, 2012 | Anaheim | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | Sep 24, 2013 |
| Jun 17, 2010 | Ontario | Accident | 1 citation | $4,000 $5,000 proposed | Feb 15, 2012 |
| Oct 17, 2008 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Oct 20, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Ampco Contracting, Inc.; Ampco Contracting Inc; Ampco Contracting Company; Ampco Contracting, Inc.; Ampco Contracting, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1529, Asbestos (construction): 4 citations, $780
- 8 CCR 4650, Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders: 2 citations, 2 serious, $28,685
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,500
- 8 CCR 3646, Operating Instructions (Elevating Work Platforms): 1 citation, 1 serious, $16,200
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $4,000
- 8 CCR 1646, Tower Scaffolds and Rolling Scaffolds, Wood or Metal: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $685
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Ana 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 Ampco Contracting 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 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.