Autozone safety record at a glance
Autozone has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 27, 2001 and May 15, 2026. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $15,080 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $14,780. The largest single penalty, $5,375, came from an inspection opened Jul 2, 2019 in El Cajon. That places the employer at #10,468 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Sacramento, Oakland, Placerville, El Cajon, Los Angeles, Fullerton, Temple City, Pittsburg.
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Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | Sacramento | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Feb 17, 2022 | Placerville | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,060 | $5,060 | Mar 15, 2023 |
| Jul 2, 2019 | El Cajon | Accident | 2 citations | $5,375 | $5,375 | Oct 6, 2021 |
| Dec 22, 2010 | Los Angeles | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 6, 2011 |
| Nov 14, 2008 | Fullerton | Follow-up | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Jul 8, 2009 |
| Sep 25, 2008 | Temple City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 29, 2008 |
| Apr 14, 2005 | Fullerton | Complaint | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | Jul 24, 2008 |
| Jan 13, 2005 | Pittsburg | Complaint | 5 citations | $3,150 | $3,150 | Mar 31, 2006 |
| Nov 27, 2001 | Long Beach | Complaint | 2 citations | $300 | 0 | Jun 13, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Autozone Inc; Autozone, Inc; Autozone, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,200
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 2 citations, $370
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $675
- 8 CCR 3225: 1 citation, $675
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $675
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento employment lawyer, Oakland 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 Autozone
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.