Cardinal Health safety record at a glance
Cardinal Health has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 21, 2004 and Mar 26, 2024. 9 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 10 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $15,590 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $13,180. The largest single penalty, $6,700, came from an inspection opened May 24, 2016 in Santa Ana. That places the employer at #11,771 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 2 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Wholesale Trade; Manufacturing. Worksites in Ontario, Dixon, Santa Ana, Pomona.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2024 | Ontario | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Nov 28, 2022 | Ontario | Accident | 1 citation | $935 | $935 | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Mar 2, 2021 | Ontario | Accident | 2 citations | $5,750 | $3,600 | Oct 8, 2021 |
| Apr 17, 2017 | Dixon | Complaint | 1 citation | $635 | $635 | Sep 8, 2017 |
| May 24, 2016 | Santa Ana | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $6,700 | $6,700 | Dec 12, 2016 |
| Jun 17, 2014 | Ontario | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 23, 2015 |
| Mar 8, 2013 | Ontario | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 5, 2013 |
| May 7, 2007 | Dixon | Accident | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | Aug 9, 2007 |
| Feb 27, 2007 | Ontario | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Feb 21, 2007 | Pomona | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 21, 2007 |
| Dec 28, 2004 | Ontario | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $300 | Jul 12, 2008 |
| Aug 6, 2004 | Dixon | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 10, 2004 |
| Apr 21, 2004 | Dixon | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 9, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Cardinal Health 200 Inc; Cardinal Health 200 LLC; Cardinal Health, Inc; Cardinal Health 200, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 4 citations, $1,675
- 8 CCR 3385, Foot protection: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,850
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, $935
- 8 CCR 3225: 1 citation, $635
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $485
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Ontario employment lawyer, Santa Ana 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 Cardinal Health
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.