Matthews International Corporation safety record at a glance
Matthews International Corporation has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 25, 2014 and Nov 27, 2019. 2 of them were follow-up inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 16 in all: 2 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $13,560 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $12,625. The largest single penalty, $7,955, came from an inspection opened Jul 29, 2014 in San Jacinto. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #12,329 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Whittier, San Jacinto.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 2019 | Whittier | Follow-up | 1 citation 1 repeat | $1,350 | $1,350 | May 29, 2020 |
| Jul 19, 2017 | Whittier | Fatality or catastrophe | death 7 citations | $4,255 | $3,320 | May 24, 2018 |
| Jun 16, 2015 | San Jacinto | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 26, 2015 |
| Jul 29, 2014 | San Jacinto | Planned | 8 citations 2 serious | $7,955 | $7,955 | Feb 13, 2016 |
| Mar 25, 2014 | San Jacinto | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 25, 2014 |
Also recorded as: Matthews International Corp.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5204: 4 citations, $2,850
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 4 citations, $1,350
- 8 CCR 5143: 2 citations, $465
- 8 CCR 4310: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 2473.1: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 5151: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 5447: 1 citation, $185
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Whittier 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 Matthews International Corporation
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.