Mervyn's safety record at a glance
Mervyn's has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 23, 2000 and Apr 22, 2008. 14 of them were complaint inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 28 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $29,520 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,825. The largest single penalty, $1,935, came from an inspection opened Mar 23, 2000 in Torrance. That places the employer at #22,122 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Real Estate and Rental and Leasing. Worksites in Torrance, Simi Valley, Cerritos, Clovis, Antioch, Eureka, Mountain View, Fresno.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2008 | Torrance | Follow-up | 4 citations 1 serious | $12,780 | 0 | Apr 23, 2009 |
| Sep 28, 2007 | Simi Valley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 15, 2007 |
| Jul 16, 2007 | Cerritos | Complaint | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | Jun 30, 2009 |
| Mar 19, 2007 | Clovis | Complaint | 1 citation | $325 | $325 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Feb 15, 2007 | Torrance | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,490 | 0 | Apr 22, 2008 |
| Sep 15, 2006 | Antioch | Complaint | 3 citations | $975 | $675 | Mar 17, 2008 |
| Aug 30, 2006 | Eureka | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 31, 2006 |
| Aug 3, 2005 | Mountain View | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 25, 2006 |
| Feb 6, 2004 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Jul 7, 2006 |
| Jul 29, 2003 | Santa Rosa | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 18, 2003 |
| Jul 24, 2003 | San Diego | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,545 | $1,545 | Jan 9, 2009 |
| Mar 26, 2003 | Alameda | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Jun 21, 2006 |
| Nov 26, 2002 | Mountain View | Complaint | 2 citations | $300 | $300 | Jul 19, 2006 |
| Apr 17, 2000 | Huntington Beach | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Jul 8, 2008 |
| Mar 23, 2000 | Torrance | Complaint | 5 citations | $11,060 | $1,935 | Sep 13, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Mervyn's, LLC; Mervyn's LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, $840
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $745
- 8 CCR 3272: 3 citations, $525
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 3 citations, $475
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 2 citations, 1 serious, $500
- 8 CCR 3225: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 2510.4: 2 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 5142: 1 citation, $515
Local pages: Torrance employment lawyer, Simi Valley 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 Mervyn's
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.