Mercury Air Cargo Inc safety record at a glance
Mercury Air Cargo Inc has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 13, 2007 and Jan 25, 2022. 4 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $61,430 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $37,855. The largest single penalty, $26,175, came from an inspection opened Dec 13, 2007 in Los Angeles. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #2,435 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 2 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in Los Angeles.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2022 | Los Angeles | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,750 | Dec 20, 2023 |
| Sep 16, 2015 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Feb 6, 2017 |
| Dec 28, 2011 | Los Angeles | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 3, 2012 |
| Mar 25, 2009 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $7,650 | Apr 8, 2010 |
| Dec 13, 2007 | Los Angeles | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $38,150 | $26,175 | Mar 26, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Mercury Air Cargo.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3657: 3 citations, 2 serious, $25,800
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, 1 serious, $7,650
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,750
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3400, Medical services and first aid: 1 citation, $280
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Los Angeles 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Mercury Air Cargo 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.