Guardsmark, LLC safety record at a glance
Guardsmark, LLC has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 8, 2000 and Sep 16, 2015. 12 of them were complaint inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 24 in all: 4 serious, 2 repeat. Inspectors proposed $82,945 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $68,045. The largest single penalty, $38,315, came from an inspection opened Jul 10, 2015 in Salinas. That places the employer at #894 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: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Oakland, Walnut, Vacaville, Salinas, Los Banos, Blythe, San Juan Capistrano, Ripon.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2015 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 27, 2015 |
| Jul 16, 2015 | Walnut | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,600 | $1,600 | Jan 14, 2019 |
| Jul 14, 2015 | Vacaville | Complaint | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | Sep 14, 2015 |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Salinas | Complaint | 3 citations 2 repeat | $40,275 | $38,315 | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Salinas | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $8,290 | $8,290 | Jan 3, 2018 |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Salinas | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $8,290 | $8,290 | Nov 7, 2017 |
| May 20, 2015 | Los Banos | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 2, 2015 |
| Sep 11, 2014 | Salinas | Complaint | 1 citation | $1,500 | $350 | Sep 22, 2015 |
| May 13, 2014 | Salinas | Complaint | 4 citations 2 serious | $18,520 | $9,260 | Mar 18, 2015 |
| Jun 26, 2012 | Blythe | Complaint | 1 citation | $200 | $200 | Feb 15, 2013 |
| May 9, 2012 | Blythe | Referral | 2 citations | $300 | $300 | Apr 1, 2014 |
| Dec 5, 2011 | San Juan Capistrano | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 4, 2013 |
| Nov 3, 2010 | Ripon | Complaint | 1 citation | $240 | $240 | Mar 8, 2011 |
| Jul 26, 2010 | San Juan Capistrano | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | $150 | open |
| May 20, 2008 | El Segundo | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 4, 2008 |
| Mar 29, 2005 | South San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $2,700 | $300 | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Jun 8, 2000 | San Francisco | Accident | 2 citations | $300 | $300 | Nov 21, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Guardsmark; Guardsmark LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 16 citations, 4 serious, $66,105
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $540
- 8 CCR 4300.40: 1 citation, $400
- 8 CCR 3363, Water supply: 1 citation, $350
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 1524: 1 citation, $200
- 8 CCR 3364, Sanitary facilities: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oakland 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 Guardsmark, LLC
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.