John Lee safety record at a glance
John Lee has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 18, 2003 and Dec 28, 2012. 3 of them were complaint inspections. All of them produced citations, 34 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $38,655 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $19,185. The largest single penalty, $11,450, came from an inspection opened Mar 18, 2003 in Vernon. That places the employer at #7,141 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Construction; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Newhall, San Francisco, Sacramento, Vernon.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2012 | Newhall | Complaint | 4 citations | $340 | $340 | Jan 26, 2013 |
| Aug 5, 2008 | San Francisco | Complaint | 8 citations 5 serious | $1,410 | $1,410 | Jun 20, 2009 |
| Apr 7, 2004 | Sacramento | Complaint | 6 citations 1 serious | $3,395 | $2,400 | Jun 26, 2008 |
| Jan 23, 2004 | Sacramento | Accident | 3 citations | $11,235 | $3,585 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Mar 18, 2003 | Vernon | Accident | 13 citations 2 serious | $22,275 | $11,450 | May 13, 2009 |
Also recorded as: John Lee Dba: Pre-Fab Granite Warehouse; John Lee dba General Toys; John C. Lee dba the UPS Store NO. 962.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1640: 4 citations, 4 serious, $1,170
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 3 citations, 1 serious, $8,550
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $310
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $260
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $135
- 8 CCR 1512, Emergency medical services (construction): 2 citations, $100
- 8 CCR 3381: 2 citations, $50
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Francisco employment lawyer, Sacramento 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 John Lee
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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.