Merchants Metals Company safety record at a glance
Merchants Metals Company has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 28, 2002 and Sep 28, 2020. 2 of them were planned inspections. All of them produced citations, 18 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $33,980 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $29,280. The largest single penalty, $18,935, came from an inspection opened Jun 28, 2002 in San Fernando. That places the employer at #3,677 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Riverside, Hayward, Sacramento, San Fernando.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2020 | Riverside | Planned | 3 citations 2 serious | $8,930 | $4,605 | Dec 14, 2021 |
| Jul 28, 2005 | Hayward | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,050 | $1,050 | Nov 7, 2005 |
| Jun 22, 2005 | Sacramento | Planned | 9 citations 2 serious | $4,690 | $4,690 | Jun 21, 2006 |
| Jun 28, 2002 | San Fernando | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $19,310 | $18,935 | Dec 18, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Merchants Metals Inc; Merchants Metals; Merchants Metals LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $18,980
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $600
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3338: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $405
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 2340.24: 1 citation, 1 serious, $335
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Riverside employment lawyer, Hayward 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 Merchants Metals Company
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.