Office Depot safety record at a glance
Office Depot has been the subject of 29 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 11, 2000 and Dec 2, 2019. 21 of them were complaint inspections. 17 of them produced citations, 35 in all: 8 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $85,810 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $71,385. The largest single penalty, $28,460, came from an inspection opened May 26, 2015 in Signal Hill. That places the employer at #814 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Sacramento, Signal Hill, Sunnyvale, Garden Grove, La Crescenta, Emeryville, Fremont, San Clemente.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2019 | Sacramento | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,060 | $1,060 | Nov 6, 2020 |
| Nov 21, 2019 | Signal Hill | Planned | 7 citations 4 serious | $23,900 | $13,385 | Mar 11, 2021 |
| Sep 28, 2018 | Sunnyvale | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 4, 2019 |
| Jul 30, 2018 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 10, 2018 |
| Jan 23, 2018 | Garden Grove | Complaint | 2 citations | $420 | $420 | May 2, 2018 |
| Aug 10, 2017 | La Crescenta | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | $240 | Oct 24, 2017 |
| May 26, 2015 | Signal Hill | Accident | 3 citations 3 serious | $28,460 | $28,460 | Nov 17, 2015 |
| Nov 8, 2013 | Emeryville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 19, 2013 |
| Jan 14, 2011 | Fremont | Accident | 3 citations | $6,545 | $6,545 | Apr 9, 2011 |
| Apr 7, 2009 | San Clemente | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | Oct 1, 2010 |
| Sep 26, 2008 | Torrance | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 14, 2008 |
| Jan 31, 2008 | Fremont | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 25, 2008 |
| May 30, 2007 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Jun 12, 2007 |
| May 8, 2007 | Signal Hill | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 1, 2007 |
| Jul 3, 2006 | Santa Rosa | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Oct 5, 2006 |
| Oct 12, 2005 | Fremont | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 18, 2005 |
| Jun 14, 2005 | Industry | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Oct 3, 2006 |
| Jul 29, 2004 | San Diego | Complaint | 2 citations | $655 | $655 | Jul 15, 2008 |
| Jun 3, 2003 | Long Beach | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2003 |
| Apr 15, 2003 | 00849973est | Accident | 1 citation | $6,750 | $6,750 | Jul 9, 2008 |
| Dec 3, 2002 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 25, 2003 |
| May 17, 2002 | Fremont | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious 1 repeat | $8,825 | $8,825 | Jul 23, 2004 |
| Feb 20, 2002 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Apr 30, 2002 |
| Feb 22, 2001 | Signal Hill | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 20, 2001 |
| Jan 9, 2001 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 18, 2001 |
| Oct 23, 2000 | Fremont | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,800 | $400 | Nov 5, 2002 |
| Oct 5, 2000 | Livermore | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 11, 2000 |
| May 18, 2000 | San Diego | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | May 18, 2001 |
| Jan 11, 2000 | Santa Clara | Complaint | 1 citation | $75 | $75 | Oct 30, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Office Depot, Inc; Office Depot, Inc.; Office Depot Inc; Office Depot Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 4 citations, 1 serious, $8,850
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $800
- 8 CCR 3577: 2 citations, 2 serious, $10,460
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $8,000
- 8 CCR 3385, Foot protection: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,570
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $1,685
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $525
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento employment lawyer, Sunnyvale 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 Office Depot
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.