Office Max safety record at a glance
Office Max has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 10, 2000 and Dec 13, 2011. 13 of them were complaint inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 20 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $9,485 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $8,390. The largest single penalty, $3,000, came from an inspection opened Dec 11, 2002 in Emeryville. That places the employer at #17,011 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 2 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Paso Robles, Emeryville, Mountain View, San Leandro, San Jose, Buena Park, Sacramento, Placentia.
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Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2011 | Paso Robles | Complaint | 1 citation | $420 | $335 | Jun 25, 2012 |
| Aug 31, 2011 | Emeryville | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,060 | $1,350 | Dec 28, 2011 |
| Feb 2, 2011 | Mountain View | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 17, 2011 |
| Nov 22, 2010 | Emeryville | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 1, 2010 |
| Dec 2, 2009 | Emeryville | Complaint | 3 citations | $935 | $935 | Dec 1, 2010 |
| Apr 18, 2005 | San Leandro | Complaint | 2 citations | $300 | $300 | Jun 28, 2006 |
| Apr 5, 2005 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 9, 2005 |
| Apr 1, 2004 | Buena Park | Unprogrammed related | 4 citations | $1,120 | $1,120 | Sep 3, 2006 |
| Dec 11, 2002 | Emeryville | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $3,000 | $3,000 | Nov 28, 2005 |
| Dec 28, 2001 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 11, 2002 |
| Nov 14, 2001 | Placentia | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Nov 14, 2002 |
| Feb 23, 2001 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 2, 2001 |
| Feb 21, 2001 | Corona | Complaint | 1 citation | $600 | $300 | Sep 19, 2006 |
| Jun 6, 2000 | Pleasanton | Complaint | 2 citations | $900 | $900 | Sep 27, 2000 |
| Mar 10, 2000 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | May 8, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Office Max Inc; Office Max, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 3 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 2 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 2 citations, $675
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $580
- 8 CCR 3225: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 1 citation, $335
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 Max
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.