Columbia Steel, Inc. safety record at a glance
Columbia Steel, Inc. has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 21, 2001 and Nov 12, 2019. 4 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $30,430 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $13,790. The largest single penalty, $5,000, came from an inspection opened Mar 2, 2009 in Rialto. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #11,293 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 Rialto.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2019 | Rialto | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 8, 2020 |
| Apr 3, 2019 | Rialto | Accident | 4 citations | $6,680 | $4,350 | Apr 20, 2020 |
| Nov 23, 2011 | Rialto | Accident | death 4 citations 1 serious | $10,920 | $3,635 | Jul 11, 2013 |
| Mar 2, 2009 | Rialto | Planned | 6 citations 2 serious | $12,025 | $5,000 | Feb 2, 2010 |
| Jan 26, 2007 | Rialto | Complaint | 4 citations | $805 | $805 | Jan 14, 2009 |
| Feb 21, 2001 | Rialto | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 11, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Columbia Steel Inc; Columbia Steel, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 2 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 4227: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 4214: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 2340.17: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,250
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,250
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 3385, Foot protection: 1 citation, $335
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.
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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.