Kelly Services safety record at a glance
Kelly Services has been the subject of 32 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 24, 2000 and Sep 14, 2026. 15 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 16 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $54,840 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $19,475. The largest single penalty, $8,000, came from an inspection opened Oct 19, 2012 in Del Rey. That places the employer at #6,958 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Transportation and Warehousing; Manufacturing. Worksites in Modesto, Ontario, Santa Fe Springs, March Air Reserve Base, Union City, Saint Helena, Orange, Long Beach.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | Modesto | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Ontario | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Santa Fe Springs | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 23, 2026 |
| Dec 6, 2023 | March Air Reserve Base | Complaint | 3 citations | $3,375 | $1,125 | open |
| Oct 11, 2023 | Union City | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 31, 2024 |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Saint Helena | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 17, 2022 |
| Jul 12, 2021 | Orange | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 28, 2021 |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Long Beach | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $46,600 | $7,875 | Aug 12, 2020 |
| Mar 23, 2018 | Glassell Park | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | May 31, 2018 |
| Oct 19, 2012 | Del Rey | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $465 | $8,000 | Jun 18, 2014 |
| Apr 14, 2011 | South Gate | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 16, 2011 |
| Oct 21, 2010 | Industry | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $750 | 0 | Feb 10, 2015 |
| May 14, 2007 | Oxnard | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 21, 2007 |
| Jan 18, 2006 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | 4 citations | $1,870 | $900 | Feb 4, 2008 |
| Sep 20, 2005 | Hollister | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 20, 2005 |
| Apr 14, 2005 | Vacaville | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 20, 2006 |
| Apr 1, 2005 | Merced | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 10, 2005 |
| Feb 2, 2005 | King City | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | May 5, 2012 |
| May 19, 2004 | Seaside | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 24, 2004 |
| Mar 24, 2004 | Fresno | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 15, 2004 |
| Apr 17, 2003 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 9, 2003 |
| Apr 4, 2003 | Modesto | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 16, 2003 |
| Jan 16, 2003 | Irwindale | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 8, 2003 |
| Nov 22, 2002 | Irwindale | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 22, 2002 |
| Oct 29, 2002 | Irwindale | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 29, 2002 |
| Oct 2, 2002 | Garden Grove | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $655 | $450 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Sep 27, 2002 | Industry | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 24, 2003 |
| Aug 7, 2002 | Mather | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 18, 2002 |
| Mar 9, 2001 | Irwindale | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 1, 2001 |
| Feb 8, 2001 | Modesto | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 30, 2001 |
| Sep 7, 2000 | Temecula | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 19, 2000 |
| Feb 24, 2000 | Temecula | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 14, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Kelly Services, Inc.; Kelly Services Inc; Kelly Services, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 9 citations, $2,325
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,000
- 8 CCR 3385, Foot protection: 1 citation, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, $1,125
- 8 CCR 5097: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $300
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Modesto employment lawyer, Ontario 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 Kelly Services
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.