California Waste Recovery Systems, LLC safety record at a glance
California Waste Recovery Systems, LLC has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 3, 2016 and Jun 12, 2024. 2 of them were planned inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $47,855 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $31,290. The largest single penalty, $29,615, came from an inspection opened Jun 26, 2019 in Galt. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #3,300 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 Valley Springs, Galt.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2024 | Valley Springs | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 26, 2024 |
| Jun 26, 2019 | Galt | Fatality or catastrophe | death 6 citations 2 serious | $46,180 | $29,615 | Jul 14, 2025 |
| Apr 27, 2018 | Galt | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 11, 2018 |
| Aug 3, 2016 | Valley Springs | Planned | 7 citations | $1,675 | $1,675 | Oct 31, 2016 |
Also recorded as: California Waste Recovery Systems LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $1,310
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $1,310
- 8 CCR 1592, Warning methods, construction: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,435
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $935
- 8 CCR 4300.30: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 2473.1: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 3214, Stair rails and handrails: 1 citation, $185
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 California Waste Recovery Systems, LLC
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.