Merit Framing, Inc. safety record at a glance
Merit Framing, Inc. has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 22, 2014 and Jul 2, 2024. 8 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 26 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $166,430 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $130,241. The largest single penalty, $54,555, came from an inspection opened Jul 2, 2024 in Winchester. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #263 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Winchester, Palm Desert, Covina, Fullerton, Azusa, Irvine, Fontana, San Marcos.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2024 | Winchester | Fatality or catastrophe | death 5 citations 3 serious | $54,555 | $54,555 | open |
| Oct 5, 2022 | Palm Desert | Accident | 1 citation | $685 | $685 | Mar 9, 2023 |
| Apr 27, 2022 | Palm Desert | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 22, 2022 |
| Apr 7, 2022 | Palm Desert | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 31, 2022 |
| Feb 3, 2020 | Covina | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 26, 2020 |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Fullerton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 7, 2020 |
| Dec 3, 2018 | Azusa | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 23, 2019 |
| Jan 17, 2018 | Irvine | Accident | 7 citations 4 serious | $69,750 | $45,450 | Mar 19, 2021 |
| Aug 29, 2017 | Fontana | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $12,471 | Mar 14, 2018 |
| Oct 20, 2015 | San Marcos | Accident | 8 citations | $8,040 | $3,680 | Nov 28, 2016 |
| Jul 8, 2014 | Menifee | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Jan 22, 2014 | San Marcos | Planned | 3 citations 2 serious | $10,400 | $10,400 | Jan 26, 2015 |
Also recorded as: Merit Framing Inc; Merit Framing Inc.; Merit Framing.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1620: 4 citations, 3 serious, $26,550
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 4 citations, $14,101
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 4 citations, $2,140
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 3 citations, 2 serious, $45,560
- 8 CCR 1637, Scaffold planking: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,280
- 8 CCR 1511: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,435
- 8 CCR 1716.2: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 1645: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Merit Framing, 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.