California Waste Solutions, Inc. safety record at a glance
California Waste Solutions, Inc. has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 25, 2002 and Jul 7, 2026. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 47 in all: 10 serious. Inspectors proposed $242,405 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $159,140. The largest single penalty, $90,000, came from an inspection opened Feb 22, 2005 in Oakland. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #180 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Oakland, San Jose.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2026 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Oakland | Accident | 2 citations | $6,500 | $5,375 | Jun 9, 2025 |
| Jan 27, 2022 | San Jose | Planned | 5 citations 2 serious | $18,970 | $9,780 | Aug 12, 2022 |
| Mar 4, 2021 | San Jose | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations 1 serious | $8,445 | $5,960 | May 16, 2022 |
| Nov 18, 2020 | San Jose | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $11,750 | $8,400 | Aug 29, 2022 |
| Sep 24, 2020 | Oakland | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $29,250 | $29,250 | Mar 29, 2021 |
| Sep 25, 2012 | San Jose | Complaint | 10 citations | $4,480 | $2,240 | Oct 12, 2013 |
| Dec 4, 2007 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 29, 2008 |
| May 22, 2007 | San Jose | Complaint | 7 citations | $2,100 | $2,100 | Oct 23, 2008 |
| Feb 22, 2005 | Oakland | Accident | death 9 citations 3 serious | $154,875 | $90,000 | May 4, 2010 |
| Nov 25, 2002 | San Jose | Complaint | 7 citations 1 serious | $5,660 | $5,660 | Mar 18, 2003 |
Also recorded as: California Waste Solutions; California Waste Solutions, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 8 citations, 4 serious, $83,090
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, 1 serious, $12,130
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 3 citations, $1,215
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 2 citations, 1 serious, $5,960
- 8 CCR 3382: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,330
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $710
- 8 CCR 3209: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 2 citations, $280
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oakland employment lawyer, San Jose 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 Waste Solutions, 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.