Harbor Distributing LLC safety record at a glance
Harbor Distributing LLC has been the subject of 18 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 2, 2002 and Sep 17, 2026. 9 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 30 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $56,865 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $40,650. The largest single penalty, $18,750, came from an inspection opened Feb 10, 2025 in Daly City. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #2,172 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Richmond, Ventura, Los Angeles, Daly City, Moreno Valley, Huntington Beach, San Jose, Chico.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Richmond | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Ventura | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Los Angeles | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Daly City | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,750 | $18,750 | open |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Moreno Valley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 25, 2023 |
| Dec 15, 2022 | Huntington Beach | Planned | 4 citations | $2,150 | $2,150 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Nov 22, 2022 | San Jose | Planned | 6 citations 1 serious | $5,985 | $3,625 | Mar 4, 2024 |
| Oct 27, 2022 | Chico | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,450 | $4,500 | Feb 5, 2024 |
| Jun 14, 2022 | Santa Fe Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 26, 2023 |
| May 19, 2022 | San Bernardino | Planned | 2 citations 2 serious | $10,120 | $2,970 | Mar 28, 2024 |
| May 10, 2022 | Santa Maria | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $4,305 | $3,450 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Nov 10, 2021 | South San Francisco | Planned | 4 citations 1 serious | $6,180 | $3,795 | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Mar 30, 2021 | Santa Maria | Complaint | 2 citations | $615 | $450 | May 9, 2023 |
| Jul 11, 2012 | Santa Ana | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 10, 2012 |
| Sep 10, 2007 | Anaheim | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 22, 2007 |
| May 12, 2003 | Redondo Beach | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $400 | Jul 6, 2006 |
| Dec 19, 2002 | Fullerton | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 9, 2003 |
| Jul 2, 2002 | Redondo Beach | Accident | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | Sep 4, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Harbor Distributing; Harbor Distributing, LLC; Harbor Distributing CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5185: 4 citations, 4 serious, $9,045
- 8 CCR 6401.9: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,750
- 8 CCR 4353: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,635
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $720
- 8 CCR 2473.1: 2 citations, $570
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 2 citations, $185
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Richmond employment lawyer, Los Angeles 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 Harbor Distributing 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.