Mesa Cold Storage, LTD safety record at a glance
Mesa Cold Storage, LTD has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 9, 2019 and Sep 5, 2025. 2 of them were complaint inspections. All of them produced citations, 18 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $30,970 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $17,990. The largest single penalty, $11,165, came from an inspection opened Apr 17, 2024 in Fullerton. That places the employer at #8,218 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Fullerton.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2025 | Fullerton | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,260 | $1,260 | Apr 7, 2026 |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Fullerton | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,195 | $1,195 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Fullerton | Programmed related | 6 citations 2 serious | $20,730 | $11,165 | Aug 4, 2025 |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Fullerton | Accident | 1 citation | $250 | $250 | Apr 7, 2023 |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Fullerton | Accident | 2 citations | $410 | $410 | Mar 7, 2022 |
| Jul 9, 2019 | Fullerton | Planned | 3 citations 2 serious | $7,125 | $3,710 | Oct 29, 2019 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189: 5 citations, $2,240
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, 1 serious, $5,210
- 8 CCR 3248: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,950
- 8 CCR 3577: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3278: 1 citation, $390
- 8 CCR 3578: 1 citation, 1 serious, $335
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $250
Local pages: Fullerton 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 Mesa Cold Storage, LTD
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.