P.W. Stephens, Inc. safety record at a glance
P.W. Stephens, Inc. has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 30, 2000 and Apr 26, 2010. 8 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $4,895 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $4,895. The largest single penalty, $2,000, came from an inspection opened Mar 20, 2002 in Burbank. That places the employer at #25,948 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Construction. Worksites in Redwood City, Huntington Beach, Escondido, Woodland Hills, San Francisco, Sacramento, Encino, La Crescenta.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2010 | Redwood City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 24, 2010 |
| Feb 10, 2010 | Huntington Beach | Complaint | 1 citation | $405 | $405 | Feb 17, 2011 |
| Feb 19, 2009 | Escondido | Planned | 5 citations | $1,680 | $1,680 | May 17, 2016 |
| Jan 13, 2006 | Woodland Hills | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jan 27, 2006 |
| Jul 26, 2005 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 27, 2005 |
| Jun 7, 2005 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 7, 2005 |
| Oct 14, 2004 | Encino | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 1, 2004 |
| Mar 10, 2004 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 30, 2004 |
| Dec 30, 2002 | La Crescenta | Complaint | 1 citation | $810 | $810 | Sep 18, 2006 |
| Mar 20, 2002 | Burbank | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,000 | $2,000 | Dec 12, 2006 |
| Mar 30, 2000 | Huntington Beach | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Apr 18, 2000 |
Also recorded as: P.W. Stephens Inc.; PW Stephens, Inc.; P.W. Stephens; PW Stephens; P.W.Stephens, Inc.; P.W. Stephens Inc; PW Stephens Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1529, Asbestos (construction): 3 citations, 1 serious, $3,230
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 3 citations, $980
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $405
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $280
Local pages: Huntington Beach employment lawyer, Escondido 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 P.W. Stephens, 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.