Griswold Industries safety record at a glance
Griswold Industries has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 7, 2000 and Oct 12, 2026. 6 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 21 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $104,120 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $90,850. The largest single penalty, $54,900, came from an inspection opened Apr 8, 2015 in Costa Mesa. That places the employer at #535 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Costa Mesa, South Gate.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2026 | Costa Mesa | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Costa Mesa | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Costa Mesa | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $17,245 | $17,245 | Jul 16, 2025 |
| Feb 22, 2024 | Costa Mesa | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | May 30, 2024 |
| Aug 8, 2023 | Costa Mesa | Accident | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Nov 3, 2023 |
| Aug 2, 2023 | South Gate | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $12,600 | $12,600 | Jan 22, 2025 |
| Apr 8, 2015 | Costa Mesa | Accident | 9 citations 3 serious | $57,690 | $54,900 | Oct 22, 2018 |
| Oct 4, 2010 | Costa Mesa | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 14, 2011 |
| Feb 11, 2009 | Costa Mesa | Planned | 6 citations 2 serious | $16,210 | $5,730 | Jan 29, 2010 |
| Nov 7, 2000 | Costa Mesa | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 8, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Griswold Industries dba Soundcast CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 4227: 2 citations, 2 serious, $16,870
- 8 CCR 3577: 2 citations, 2 serious, $4,455
- 8 CCR 5449: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 5416: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 5153: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 1 citation, 1 serious, $12,600
- 8 CCR 2340.22: 1 citation, $450
Local pages: Costa Mesa employment lawyer, South Gate 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 Griswold Industries
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.