Closets BY Design safety record at a glance
Closets BY Design has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 22, 2000 and Mar 27, 2023. 7 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 45 in all: 18 serious. Inspectors proposed $131,125 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $70,120. The largest single penalty, $22,225, came from an inspection opened Mar 27, 2023 in Santa Clara. That places the employer at #843 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Santa Clara, Livermore, Gardena, Oakland, San Diego.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2023 | Santa Clara | Accident | 7 citations 4 serious | $38,575 | $22,225 | Aug 26, 2024 |
| May 11, 2022 | Livermore | Accident | 6 citations 1 serious | $16,990 | $8,850 | Nov 20, 2023 |
| Jan 31, 2005 | Gardena | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $18,840 | $4,215 | Jul 17, 2008 |
| May 24, 2004 | Oakland | Complaint | 19 citations 8 serious | $20,580 | $15,000 | Feb 15, 2006 |
| Jul 21, 2003 | Gardena | Accident | 2 citations | $1,175 | $1,175 | Jul 6, 2006 |
| Jul 21, 2003 | Gardena | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 22, 2003 |
| Mar 21, 2003 | Gardena | Accident | 7 citations 4 serious | $34,965 | $18,655 | Jul 6, 2006 |
| Mar 21, 2003 | Gardena | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 21, 2003 |
| Jun 22, 2000 | San Diego | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 3, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Closets BY Design Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4300: 5 citations, 5 serious, $18,090
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, $2,000
- 8 CCR 4300.1: 4 citations, 4 serious, $16,875
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 3 citations, $1,350
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $8,000
- 8 CCR 3384: 2 citations, 2 serious, $2,970
- 8 CCR 2500.10: 2 citations, 1 serious, $695
- 8 CCR 4307.1: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Clara 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 Closets BY Design
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.