Merchants Landscape Services, Inc. safety record at a glance
Merchants Landscape Services, Inc. has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 14, 2011 and Jul 20, 2023. 3 of them were complaint inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 22 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $18,195 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $13,845. The largest single penalty, $6,000, came from an inspection opened Oct 19, 2017 in Santa Ana. That places the employer at #11,247 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Irvine, Santa Ana, Ontario.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2023 | Irvine | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 3, 2023 |
| Apr 27, 2022 | Santa Ana | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,590 | $1,590 | Aug 24, 2022 |
| May 11, 2020 | Santa Ana | Planned | 7 citations | $4,340 | $4,340 | Oct 13, 2020 |
| Oct 19, 2017 | Santa Ana | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $10,350 | $6,000 | May 14, 2018 |
| Jul 3, 2013 | Irvine | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 15, 2013 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | Ontario | Referral | 3 citations | $980 | $980 | Dec 17, 2012 |
| Mar 14, 2011 | Santa Ana | Complaint | 3 citations | $935 | $935 | Aug 31, 2011 |
Also recorded as: Merchants Landscape Services Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 5 citations, $2,570
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $770
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $525
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 2473.1: 1 citation, $1,060
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 1 citation, $1,060
- 8 CCR 3400, Medical services and first aid: 1 citation, $465
- 8 CCR 1430.40: 1 citation, $375
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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 Merchants Landscape Services, 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 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.