Dollar Tree safety record at a glance
Dollar Tree has been the subject of 32 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 23, 2000 and Jun 16, 2026. 27 of them were complaint inspections. 17 of them produced citations, 30 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $28,050 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $20,455. The largest single penalty, $6,750, came from an inspection opened Feb 25, 2022 in Compton. That places the employer at #6,470 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Sacramento, Bakersfield, Huntington Beach, Yreka, West Covina, Arcadia, Compton, Oroville.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2026 | Sacramento | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| May 28, 2026 | Bakersfield | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| May 13, 2026 | Huntington Beach | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Yreka | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 29, 2026 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | West Covina | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Arcadia | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 3, 2024 |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Compton | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $13,500 | $6,750 | Jul 28, 2025 |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Oroville | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 10, 2021 |
| Sep 21, 2020 | Modesto | Complaint | 2 citations | $900 | $900 | May 24, 2021 |
| Jun 11, 2019 | Oroville | Complaint | 1 citation | $410 | $410 | Jul 5, 2019 |
| Oct 16, 2018 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $795 | $795 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Lodi | Complaint | 2 citations | $2,200 | $2,200 | Apr 5, 2018 |
| Jul 24, 2017 | Jackson | Complaint | 1 citation | $635 | $635 | Dec 4, 2018 |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Calexico | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Calexico | Follow-up | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Dec 27, 2016 | Stockton | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,500 | $1,500 | May 2, 2017 |
| Jun 23, 2016 | Calexico | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Jan 8, 2019 |
| May 17, 2016 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 21, 2016 |
| Apr 6, 2016 | Atwater | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 30, 2016 |
| Dec 19, 2014 | Lodi | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | May 5, 2015 |
| Sep 17, 2014 | Fresno | Complaint | 2 citations | $420 | $420 | Mar 20, 2015 |
| Jul 18, 2014 | Modesto | Complaint | 3 citations | $470 | $470 | Feb 13, 2015 |
| Nov 29, 2012 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 11, 2012 |
| Aug 18, 2011 | Temecula | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Feb 4, 2014 |
| Mar 9, 2011 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 9, 2011 |
| Dec 27, 2010 | Sacramento | Complaint | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | May 2, 2016 |
| Sep 14, 2010 | Canoga Park | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,845 | $2,000 | Mar 15, 2011 |
| Mar 30, 2006 | Vallejo | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Dec 7, 2005 | Auburn | Complaint | 2 citations | $450 | $450 | Apr 20, 2007 |
| Jun 21, 2005 | Elk Grove | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,685 | $1,685 | Jan 20, 2007 |
| Aug 23, 2000 | Hayward | Complaint | 2 citations | $375 | $375 | Aug 19, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Dollar Tree Inc; Dollar Tree, Inc; Dollar Tree, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 9 citations, 1 serious, $11,285
- 8 CCR 3364, Sanitary facilities: 4 citations, $2,210
- 8 CCR 3272: 4 citations, $1,625
- 8 CCR 5142: 2 citations, $1,010
- 8 CCR 4353: 2 citations, $860
- 8 CCR 3225: 2 citations, $805
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $750
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento employment lawyer, Bakersfield employment lawyer, Huntington Beach 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 Dollar Tree
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.