Hansford Industries, Inc. dba Viking Steel safety record at a glance
Hansford Industries, Inc. dba Viking Steel has been the subject of 3 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 15, 2009 and Mar 19, 2016. 1 of them were fatality or catastrophe inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 6 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $58,050 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $33,260. The largest single penalty, $33,260, came from an inspection opened Mar 19, 2016 in Sacramento. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #2,983 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Construction. Worksites in Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Cruz.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2016 | Sacramento | Fatality or catastrophe | death 5 citations 4 serious | $57,675 | $33,260 | Mar 14, 2022 |
| Mar 18, 2011 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 5, 2012 |
| Apr 15, 2009 | Santa Cruz | Planned | 1 citation | $375 | 0 | Mar 22, 2011 |
Also recorded as: Hansford Industries, Inc dba Viking Steel; Hansford Industries, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 2 serious, $20,585
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, 1 serious, $11,700
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $975
- 8 CCR 1712: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 3704: 1 citation, 1 serious
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento employment lawyer, San Francisco 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Hansford Industries, Inc. dba Viking Steel
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.