Pacific Coast Recycling LLC safety record at a glance
Pacific Coast Recycling LLC has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 7, 2004 and Apr 30, 2026. 3 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $28,765 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $16,000. The largest single penalty, $11,250, came from an inspection opened Dec 7, 2004 in Rancho Cucamonga. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #9,546 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Gilroy, Fontana, Long Beach, Rancho Cucamonga.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | Gilroy | Unprogrammed related | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Feb 6, 2020 | Gilroy | Planned | 6 citations | $2,750 | Jun 9, 2020 |
| Sep 20, 2007 | Fontana | Accident | 2 citations | $900 | Apr 25, 2011 |
| Apr 11, 2007 | Long Beach | Referral | no citations | $0 | Jun 1, 2007 |
| Jan 22, 2007 | Long Beach | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 9, 2007 |
| Sep 22, 2006 | Long Beach | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $1,100 $9,745 proposed | Nov 6, 2008 |
| Dec 7, 2004 | Rancho Cucamonga | Accident | death 6 citations 2 serious | $11,250 $15,370 proposed | Jul 12, 2016 |
| Apr 7, 2004 | Long Beach | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 4, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Pacific Coast Recycling; Pacific Coast Recycling, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $4,325
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 4070, Guarding: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 2340.12, Mechanical Execution of Work: 1 citation, $550
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $550
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $550
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $550
- 8 CCR 5002, Overhead Loads: 1 citation, $450
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fontana 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Pacific Coast Recycling LLC
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.