JM Carden Sprinkler Company, Inc safety record at a glance
JM Carden Sprinkler Company, Inc has been the subject of 2 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 13, 2003 and Feb 24, 2005. 2 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 6 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $29,400 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $16,945. The largest single penalty, $16,620, came from an inspection opened Feb 24, 2005 in Los Angeles. That places the employer at #8,796 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Construction. Worksites in Los Angeles, Irwindale.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2005 | Los Angeles | Accident | 5 citations 2 serious | $16,620 $29,075 proposed | Jan 2, 2007 |
| May 13, 2003 | Irwindale | Accident | 1 citation | $325 | Sep 19, 2006 |
Also recorded as: J. M. Carden Sprinkler CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $16,200
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 3184: 1 citation, 1 serious, $270
- 8 CCR 2500.25, Maintenance of Outer Sheath: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 JM Carden Sprinkler Company, Inc
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 4, 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.