Longs Drug Stores safety record at a glance
Longs Drug Stores has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 13, 2000 and Aug 15, 2008. 3 of them were complaint inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 2 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $3,525 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $3,525. The largest single penalty, $3,375, came from an inspection opened Mar 27, 2008 in Marina. That places the employer at #30,737 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Retail Trade. Worksites in Patterson, Marina, Lafayette, Santa Barbara, Pismo Beach.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2008 | Patterson | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 16, 2008 |
| Mar 27, 2008 | Marina | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,375 | $3,375 | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Jan 9, 2003 | Lafayette | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 23, 2003 |
| Feb 7, 2001 | Santa Barbara | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 7, 2001 |
| Dec 13, 2000 | Pismo Beach | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | May 2, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Longs Drug Stores Corporation; Longs Drug Stores Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4353: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
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 Longs Drug Stores
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.