National Gypsum Company safety record at a glance
National Gypsum Company has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 5, 2001 and Sep 29, 2017. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $57,520 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $19,645. The largest single penalty, $7,375, came from an inspection opened Jan 24, 2008 in Long Beach. That places the employer at #6,862 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Richmond, Long Beach.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2017 | Richmond | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | $900 | Aug 2, 2018 |
| Mar 16, 2010 | Richmond | Complaint | 1 citation | $210 | 0 | Aug 31, 2010 |
| May 14, 2009 | Richmond | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 2, 2009 |
| Jan 24, 2008 | Long Beach | Accident | 2 citations | $22,875 | $7,375 | Mar 14, 2016 |
| May 29, 2007 | Richmond | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 7, 2008 |
| Jul 6, 2006 | Richmond | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 4, 2006 |
| May 18, 2006 | Long Beach | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 14, 2006 |
| Mar 10, 2006 | Richmond | Complaint | 1 citation | $6,750 | $450 | Nov 27, 2006 |
| Jun 27, 2005 | Long Beach | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 9, 2008 |
| Mar 28, 2003 | Richmond | Planned | 3 citations 3 serious | $4,590 | $3,240 | Aug 9, 2006 |
| Aug 29, 2001 | Long Beach | Complaint | 3 citations | $4,310 | $745 | Aug 16, 2004 |
| Feb 5, 2001 | Long Beach | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,185 | $6,935 | Jul 14, 2008 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $6,935
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $1,275
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, $7,000
- 8 CCR 4051: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 2340.17: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, 1 serious, $270
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $270
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Richmond employment lawyer, Long Beach 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 National Gypsum 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.