California Steel Industries, Inc. safety record at a glance
California Steel Industries, Inc. has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 11, 2000 and Sep 17, 2026. 15 of them were accident inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 21 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $128,125 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $49,975. The largest single penalty, $28,000, came from an inspection opened May 17, 2016 in Fontana. That places the employer at #1,488 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Fontana.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Fontana | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Fontana | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 16, 2023 |
| May 8, 2023 | Fontana | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 | 0 | Dec 21, 2023 |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Fontana | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 21, 2021 |
| Aug 4, 2016 | Fontana | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 5, 2016 |
| May 17, 2016 | Fontana | Accident | 4 citations 3 serious | $43,500 | $28,000 | Feb 10, 2017 |
| Jul 22, 2015 | Fontana | Accident | 4 citations | $25,215 | $13,965 | Apr 18, 2016 |
| Dec 16, 2013 | Fontana | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 18, 2014 |
| Dec 20, 2011 | Fontana | Accident | 1 citation | $5,060 | $280 | Jun 18, 2013 |
| Oct 21, 2010 | Fontana | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 25, 2011 |
| Sep 22, 2008 | Fontana | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 22, 2009 |
| Sep 13, 2005 | Fontana | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $17,935 | $1,925 | Mar 22, 2010 |
| Aug 15, 2003 | Fontana | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $1,500 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Nov 9, 2000 | Fontana | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $6,365 | $4,005 | Apr 29, 2002 |
| Jan 31, 2000 | Fontana | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 18, 2001 |
| Jan 11, 2000 | Fontana | Accident | 2 citations | $5,300 | $300 | Dec 31, 2000 |
Also recorded as: California Steel Industries Inc; California Steel Industries, Inc; California Steel Industries.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, 1 serious, $7,860
- 8 CCR 3480: 2 citations, 2 serious, $14,000
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $6,935
- 8 CCR 3209: 1 citation, 1 serious, $7,000
- 8 CCR 4187: 1 citation, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, $1,500
- 8 CCR 4206: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,350
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fontana 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 California Steel Industries, 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.