Gardner Trucking, Inc. safety record at a glance
Gardner Trucking, Inc. has been the subject of 30 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 14, 2000 and Dec 20, 2018. 17 of them were accident inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 31 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $164,575 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $56,780. The largest single penalty, $23,000, came from an inspection opened Feb 17, 2015 in Madera. That places the employer at #1,202 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Manufacturing. Worksites in Mante, Anaheim, Salinas, Lancaster, Ontario, Delano, Woodland, Brawley.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2018 | Mante | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 23, 2019 |
| Nov 16, 2018 | Anaheim | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Sep 6, 2018 | Salinas | Accident | 2 citations | $72,635 | $10,635 | May 31, 2021 |
| Feb 15, 2018 | Lancaster | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Jul 6, 2018 |
| Nov 28, 2017 | Ontario | Accident | 2 citations | $800 | $800 | May 31, 2018 |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Delano | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 4, 2017 |
| Jul 18, 2016 | Woodland | Complaint | 2 citations | $20,810 | $1,685 | Nov 19, 2018 |
| Jun 13, 2016 | Brawley | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 22, 2017 |
| Feb 10, 2016 | Wilmington | Accident | 3 citations | $8,000 | $3,730 | Jan 23, 2019 |
| Nov 24, 2015 | Santa Clarita | Accident | 2 citations | $1,310 | $1,310 | Feb 6, 2017 |
| Nov 12, 2015 | City of Industry | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 24, 2016 |
| Jul 16, 2015 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 28, 2015 |
| Feb 17, 2015 | Madera | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,000 | $23,000 | Aug 24, 2016 |
| Sep 9, 2014 | Gilroy | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $7,200 | $7,200 | Apr 28, 2016 |
| May 16, 2014 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Mar 19, 2014 | Gilroy | Complaint | 4 citations | $3,400 | $3,400 | Feb 21, 2015 |
| Mar 19, 2014 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 18, 2014 |
| Oct 24, 2013 | Tracy | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 13, 2013 |
| Jul 8, 2013 | Anaheim | Accident | 2 citations | $1,850 | $450 | Feb 6, 2015 |
| Aug 1, 2012 | Oakdale | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Feb 28, 2012 | Mante | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 1, 2012 |
| Jan 19, 2012 | San Marcos | Referral | 5 citations | $1,680 | $1,680 | Mar 28, 2016 |
| Jan 28, 2010 | Blythe | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 29, 2010 |
| Jun 12, 2009 | Fairfield | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 2, 2010 |
| Oct 10, 2008 | Buena Park | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 3, 2009 |
| Oct 10, 2008 | Buena Park | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 19, 2009 |
| May 15, 2008 | Blythe | Accident | 2 citations | $23,000 | $2,000 | Sep 19, 2015 |
| Feb 1, 2006 | Modesto | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 9, 2006 |
| Jun 20, 2002 | Chino | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 11, 2002 |
| Apr 14, 2000 | Tracy | Complaint | 3 citations | $330 | $330 | Aug 23, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Gardner Trucking Inc; Gardner Trucking, Inc; Gardner Trucking; Gardner Trucking Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 8 citations, 1 serious, $11,180
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 8 citations, $2,570
- 8 CCR 3704: 3 citations, 1 serious, $28,750
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 3 citations, $9,650
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 3 citations, $1,910
- 8 CCR 3364, Sanitary facilities: 1 citation, $850
- 8 CCR 3366: 1 citation, $850
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $600
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Anaheim employment lawyer, Salinas 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 Gardner Trucking, 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 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.