Cost Plus World Market safety record at a glance
Cost Plus World Market has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 28, 2002 and Aug 11, 2025. 13 of them were complaint inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 35 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $39,765 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $23,740. The largest single penalty, $6,305, came from an inspection opened Jun 28, 2011 in Los Angeles. That places the employer at #5,156 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Retail Trade. Worksites in Stockton, Palm Springs, Mission Viejo, Los Angeles, San Mateo, Oakland, Fresno, Santa Cruz.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2025 | Stockton | Accident | no citations | $0 | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Nov 30, 2021 | Stockton | Complaint | 3 citations | $640 $1,200 proposed | Oct 27, 2022 |
| Mar 19, 2019 | Stockton | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Feb 21, 2018 | Stockton | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $5,775 $13,965 proposed | Jan 2, 2019 |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Palm Springs | Referral | 5 citations 1 serious | $3,300 $10,310 proposed | Oct 24, 2014 |
| Nov 21, 2013 | Mission Viejo | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,085 $1,350 proposed | Feb 1, 2014 |
| Aug 1, 2013 | Stockton | Complaint | 1 citation | $0 | Aug 8, 2013 |
| Jun 28, 2011 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 4 citations | $6,305 | Dec 10, 2011 |
| Nov 17, 2008 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 12, 2008 |
| Aug 15, 2008 | San Mateo | Complaint | 2 citations | $300 | Sep 30, 2008 |
| Feb 20, 2007 | Oakland | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Feb 21, 2007 |
| Feb 1, 2006 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 30, 2006 |
| May 29, 2003 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $1,500 | Jul 6, 2006 |
| Feb 28, 2003 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | Jul 6, 2006 |
| Jul 16, 2002 | Santa Cruz | Complaint | 4 citations | $975 | Feb 6, 2003 |
| Feb 28, 2002 | Colma | Complaint | 7 citations 1 serious | $3,675 | Jul 18, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Cost Plus World Market (Inc.); Cost Plus World Market, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 5 citations, $1,175
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 4 citations, $765
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 4 citations, $675
- 8 CCR 3272, Aisles, Walkways, and Crawlways: 3 citations, $1,835
- 8 CCR 3225, Maintenance and Access to Exits: 3 citations, $720
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $635
- 8 CCR 3385, Foot protection: 2 citations, 2 serious, $8,100
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 2 citations, $710
Local pages: Stockton employment lawyer, Mission Viejo 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Cost Plus World Market
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 4, 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.