Okote Pallets, Inc. safety record at a glance
Okote Pallets, Inc. has been the subject of 3 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 13, 2010 and Aug 18, 2015. 1 of them were planned inspections. All of them produced citations, 16 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $20,530 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $8,430. The largest single penalty, $5,500, came from an inspection opened Aug 18, 2015 in Pacoima. That places the employer at #16,946 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Pacoima, North Hollywood.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2015 | Pacoima | Planned | 3 citations 2 serious | $10,975 | $5,500 | open |
| Jul 26, 2011 | North Hollywood | Complaint | 7 citations 1 serious | $8,300 | $2,400 | May 14, 2014 |
| Oct 13, 2010 | North Hollywood | Accident | 6 citations | $1,255 | $530 | Mar 15, 2011 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3653: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $525
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 2340.12: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4307.1: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 2340.17: 1 citation, 1 serious, $510
- 8 CCR 4650: 1 citation, $260
Accidents investigated
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 Okote Pallets, Inc.
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.