Foamex International Inc safety record at a glance
Foamex International Inc has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 14, 2002 and Jan 14, 2005. 2 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 10 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $34,100 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $28,800. The largest single penalty, $25,400, came from an inspection opened Nov 20, 2003 in San Leandro. That places the employer at #3,776 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in San Leandro, Pico Rivera, Orange.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2005 | San Leandro | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jan 14, 2005 |
| Nov 20, 2003 | San Leandro | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $25,400 $25,600 proposed | Oct 31, 2005 |
| May 27, 2003 | San Leandro | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,000 | Oct 31, 2005 |
| May 5, 2003 | Pico Rivera | Complaint | 3 citations | $400 $5,500 proposed | Sep 18, 2006 |
| Mar 14, 2002 | Orange | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 14, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Foamex International; Foamex International Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4187, Rolls: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $7,200
- 8 CCR 4075, Gears and Sprockets: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 2340.22, Identification of Equipment: 1 citation, $200
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $200
- 8 CCR 5143, General Requirements of Mechanical Ventilation Systems: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 4975, Control Equipment: 1 citation, $100
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Leandro employment lawyer, Orange 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 Foamex International 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.