Fastenal Company safety record at a glance
Fastenal Company has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 9, 2003 and Aug 21, 2026. 4 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $21,485 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $4,085. The largest single penalty, $2,475, came from an inspection opened Jun 19, 2007 in Modesto. That places the employer at #28,326 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing; Manufacturing. Worksites in Modesto, Rancho Cordova, Simi Valley, South San Francisco, Fresno.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Modesto | Complaint | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Mar 18, 2026 | Rancho Cordova | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jun 17, 2026 |
| May 12, 2023 | Modesto | Accident | 2 citations | $560 | Nov 6, 2023 |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apr 20, 2018 | Simi Valley | Accident | 1 citation | $600 $18,000 proposed | Oct 4, 2019 |
| Jan 24, 2012 | South San Francisco | Planned | 1 citation | $450 | Feb 20, 2014 |
| Jun 19, 2007 | Modesto | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,475 | Aug 30, 2007 |
| May 24, 2007 | Modesto | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 18, 2007 |
| Sep 9, 2003 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Sep 25, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Fastenal CO; Fastenal.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,475
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 2473.1, Conductors Entering Boxes, Cabinets, or Fittings: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 2473.2, Covers and Canopies: 1 citation, $185
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Modesto employment lawyer, Simi Valley 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 Fastenal Company
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.