Athens Services safety record at a glance
Athens Services has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 1, 2007 and Oct 3, 2024. 3 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $20,685 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $8,845. The largest single penalty, $5,925, came from an inspection opened May 17, 2007 in Sun Valley. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #16,455 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in City of Industry, Sun Valley, Van Nuys.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2024 | City of Industry | Accident | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Jul 26, 2026 |
| Dec 27, 2019 | City of Industry | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 24, 2020 |
| May 23, 2018 | City of Industry | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 2, 2018 |
| Nov 3, 2017 | Sun Valley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 19, 2017 |
| Dec 1, 2016 | City of Industry | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 16, 2017 |
| Dec 30, 2008 | Sun Valley | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 4, 2009 |
| May 30, 2007 | City of Industry | Planned | 4 citations | $7,365 | $1,050 | Mar 19, 2009 |
| May 17, 2007 | Sun Valley | Planned | 8 citations 2 serious | $11,450 | $5,925 | Aug 24, 2010 |
| Feb 1, 2007 | Van Nuys | Accident | 4 citations | $1,685 | $1,685 | Jun 25, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Athens Services dba American Waste Industries; Athens Services, dba Arakelian Enterprises, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3577: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4355: 2 citations, $935
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 4650: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 461: 2 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 1 citation, $300
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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Athens Services
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.