Cardinal Corporation dba Cardinal CG Company safety record at a glance
Cardinal Corporation dba Cardinal CG Company has been the subject of 3 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 16, 2000 and Nov 10, 2010. 1 of them were complaint inspections. All of them produced citations, 11 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $54,940 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $30,885. The largest single penalty, $25,950, came from an inspection opened Mar 30, 2004 in Galt. That places the employer at #3,370 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Galt, San Diego.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2010 | Galt | Complaint | 5 citations | $6,865 | $4,560 | Mar 9, 2012 |
| Mar 30, 2004 | Galt | Accident | 5 citations 3 serious | $47,700 | $25,950 | Jul 18, 2006 |
| Mar 16, 2000 | San Diego | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $375 | $375 | May 1, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Cardinal Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 4 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, 1 serious, $4,575
- 8 CCR 3942: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $4,000
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 1926.405: 1 citation, 1 serious, $375
Accidents investigated
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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.
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If you work, or worked, at Cardinal Corporation dba Cardinal CG Company
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.