Pacific Coast Steel safety record at a glance
Pacific Coast Steel has been the subject of 28 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 19, 2000 and Jun 10, 2011. 14 of them were accident inspections. 12 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $106,070 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $31,710. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Feb 19, 2003 in Fort Bragg. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #3,216 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Construction. Worksites in San Bernardino, Whittier, Santa Fe Springs, Corning, Los Angeles, San Jose, Elk Grove, Santa Rosa.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2011 | San Bernardino | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,000 | Oct 2, 2013 |
| Feb 10, 2011 | Whittier | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 10, 2011 |
| Feb 23, 2010 | Santa Fe Springs | Planned | 2 citations | $435 | Jan 31, 2011 |
| Dec 29, 2009 | Corning | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jan 27, 2011 |
| Oct 3, 2008 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 30, 2009 |
| Jun 20, 2008 | San Jose | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 22, 2008 |
| Mar 27, 2008 | Elk Grove | Programmed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 27, 2008 |
| Jan 22, 2008 | Santa Rosa | Planned | 2 citations | $800 $1,600 proposed | Jan 23, 2010 |
| Oct 12, 2007 | Stanford | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 $18,000 proposed | Sep 25, 2009 |
| Mar 2, 2007 | Fairfield | Follow-up | no inspection made | $0 | Mar 12, 2007 |
| Jul 3, 2006 | Sonoma | Accident | 1 citation | $300 $500 proposed | Mar 19, 2009 |
| Jun 22, 2006 | Roseville | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 28, 2006 |
| Apr 26, 2006 | Fairfield | Planned | 1 citation | $0 $300 proposed | Mar 12, 2007 |
| Feb 2, 2006 | Riverside | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 28, 2008 |
| Apr 5, 2005 | Antioch | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 25, 2005 |
| Nov 30, 2004 | Covina | Accident | 5 citations | $1,200 $45,185 proposed | Sep 18, 2006 |
| Apr 15, 2004 | National City | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $150 $375 proposed | Jan 8, 2009 |
| Dec 5, 2003 | San Diego | Programmed related | no citations | $0 | Feb 4, 2004 |
| Aug 27, 2003 | Fort Bragg | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 10, 2003 |
| Jun 16, 2003 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $525 $18,000 proposed | Jun 24, 2005 |
| Feb 19, 2003 | Fort Bragg | Accident | death 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| May 14, 2002 | San Diego | Accident | death no citations | $0 | Oct 16, 2002 |
| Apr 25, 2002 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 28, 2003 |
| Dec 18, 2001 | Vacaville | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | Mar 5, 2002 |
| Nov 28, 2001 | Campbell | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jan 28, 2002 |
| Sep 20, 2000 | Pala | Planned | 1 citation | $0 | Jan 9, 2001 |
| May 1, 2000 | San Diego | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | May 2, 2000 |
| Jan 19, 2000 | El Cajon | Planned | no citations | $0 | Mar 22, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Pacific Coast Steel Inc.; Pacific Coast Steel, Inc.; Pacific Coast Steel Inc; Pacific Coast Steel, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1712, Requirements for Impalement Protection: 5 citations, 1 serious, $24,200
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 3 citations, $525
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,000
- 8 CCR 4994, Hoisting: 1 citation, $800
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $260
- 8 CCR 3320, Warning Signs: 1 citation, $175
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Bernardino employment lawyer, Whittier 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 Steel
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 4, 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.