Columbia Manufacturing Corp safety record at a glance
Columbia Manufacturing Corp has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 25, 2000 and May 20, 2003. 3 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 20 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $84,800 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $34,535. The largest single penalty, $12,515, came from an inspection opened Apr 12, 2002 in Gardena. That places the employer at #2,803 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Gardena.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2003 | Gardena | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $5,735 | Sep 14, 2005 |
| Apr 12, 2002 | Gardena | Accident | 12 citations 3 serious | $46,515 | $12,515 | Sep 15, 2004 |
| Apr 26, 2001 | Gardena | Complaint | 5 citations 4 serious | $11,100 | $11,100 | Feb 28, 2002 |
| Jan 25, 2000 | Gardena | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $9,185 | $5,185 | Feb 22, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Columbia Manufacturing Corp.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $905
- 8 CCR 4211: 2 citations, 2 serious, $1,530
- 8 CCR 4202: 2 citations, $700
- 8 CCR 4198: 2 citations, $170
- 8 CCR 4197: 1 citation, 1 serious, $7,650
- 8 CCR 4310: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,735
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,000
- 8 CCR 4207: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
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 Columbia Manufacturing Corp
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.