Goodwill Industries of Orange County safety record at a glance
Goodwill Industries of Orange County has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 8, 2001 and Aug 11, 2026. 2 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 21 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $28,665 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $11,600. The largest single penalty, $7,290, came from an inspection opened Apr 1, 2011 in Santa Ana. That places the employer at #13,397 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in Tustin, Santa Ana, Costa Mesa.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | Tustin | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Sep 25, 2012 | Santa Ana | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $300 | Sep 20, 2013 |
| Sep 6, 2012 | Santa Ana | Referral | 6 citations 1 serious | $4,870 | $3,450 | Nov 21, 2013 |
| Apr 1, 2011 | Santa Ana | Planned | 12 citations 2 serious | $22,485 | $7,290 | Dec 14, 2011 |
| Nov 8, 2001 | Costa Mesa | Accident | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | Nov 4, 2003 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 4650: 2 citations, $225
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $185
- 8 CCR 3308: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 14305: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 461: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 2473.1: 1 citation, $300
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Ana employment lawyer, Costa Mesa 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 Goodwill Industries of Orange County
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.