Edco Waste & Recycling Services safety record at a glance
Edco Waste & Recycling Services has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 22, 2004 and Oct 4, 2022. 7 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 32 in all: 6 serious, 2 willful. Inspectors proposed $179,490 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $125,945. The largest single penalty, $60,900, came from an inspection opened Oct 13, 2011 in San Diego. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #272 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Escondido, Encinitas, Lemon Grove, San Diego, San Marcos.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2022 | Escondido | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 16, 2022 |
| Sep 10, 2018 | Encinitas | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Dec 12, 2013 | Lemon Grove | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $21,230 | $16,310 | May 9, 2017 |
| Jan 10, 2013 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $425 | $425 | Oct 16, 2013 |
| Jan 13, 2012 | Lemon Grove | Accident | 7 citations 3 serious 1 willful | $111,935 | $24,750 | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Oct 13, 2011 | San Diego | Accident | 4 citations 1 willful | $19,120 | $60,900 | Jun 20, 2016 |
| Jul 18, 2011 | San Marcos | Accident | 12 citations 1 serious | $22,660 | $22,660 | May 20, 2013 |
| Oct 4, 2010 | Lemon Grove | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 14, 2011 |
| Aug 28, 2007 | San Marcos | Planned | 4 citations | $4,120 | $900 | Feb 10, 2011 |
| Oct 22, 2004 | Lemon Grove | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 17, 2005 |
Also recorded as: Edco Waste & Recycling Services Inc; Edco Waste&recycling Services Inc; Edco Waste & Recycling Services, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 8 citations, 2 serious, $79,810
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,285
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, $660
- 8 CCR 4355: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,600
- 8 CCR 3270: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,000
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 3213: 1 citation, $850
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Escondido 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 Edco Waste & Recycling Services
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.