DS Services of America, Inc. safety record at a glance
DS Services of America, Inc. has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 6, 2016 and Jun 24, 2025. 2 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 13 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $54,420 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $31,060. The largest single penalty, $27,200, came from an inspection opened Jul 11, 2019 in Lancaster. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #3,335 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 3 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Manufacturing; Retail Trade. Worksites in Gardena, Los Angeles, Lancaster, Sacramento.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2025 | Gardena | Planned | 1 citation | $280 | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2019 | Los Angeles | Accident | 2 citations | $1,800 | Aug 11, 2021 |
| Jul 11, 2019 | Lancaster | Fatality or catastrophe | death 7 citations 3 serious | $27,200 $50,560 proposed | open |
| Jul 6, 2016 | Sacramento | Accident | 3 citations | $1,780 | Aug 17, 2017 |
Also recorded as: DS Services of America, Inc; DS Services of America Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 5 citations, 2 serious, $23,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $1,125
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $1,000
- 8 CCR 4300.29: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Los Angeles employment lawyer, Lancaster 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 DS Services of America, Inc.
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.