Prime Wheel Corporation safety record at a glance
Prime Wheel Corporation has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 8, 2001 and May 7, 2025. 9 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 30 in all: 8 serious, 1 willful. Inspectors proposed $224,375 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $166,715. The largest single penalty, $120,305, came from an inspection opened Mar 13, 2013 in Harbor City. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #154 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 3 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Manufacturing. Worksites in Compton, Gardena, Harbor City, Carson.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2025 | Compton | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Nov 29, 2022 | Gardena | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | Nov 29, 2022 |
| Jun 22, 2016 | Gardena | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $9,900 $19,600 proposed | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Mar 24, 2015 | Harbor City | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 14, 2015 |
| Jan 15, 2015 | Gardena | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 $18,000 proposed | Sep 1, 2015 |
| Aug 14, 2013 | Gardena | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $6,495 $14,400 proposed | Apr 12, 2014 |
| Mar 13, 2013 | Harbor City | Accident | death 7 citations 3 serious 1 willful | $120,305 | open |
| Oct 3, 2012 | Carson | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 15, 2013 |
| Feb 23, 2011 | Gardena | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $2,060 | Aug 6, 2011 |
| Jul 25, 2006 | Harbor City | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 19, 2006 |
| Jan 12, 2006 | Carson | Accident | 2 citations | $5,700 | Dec 31, 2006 |
| Jun 29, 2005 | Gardena | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,645 $6,600 proposed | Jul 3, 2006 |
| Jun 29, 2005 | Gardena | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Nov 29, 2005 |
| Sep 19, 2002 | Gardena | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $5,800 $18,400 proposed | Mar 11, 2003 |
| Sep 12, 2002 | Harbor City | Accident | no inspection made | $0 | Sep 17, 2002 |
| Mar 14, 2002 | Gardena | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $7,500 $18,750 proposed | May 7, 2003 |
| May 8, 2001 | Harbor City | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 14, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Prime Wheel; Prime Wheel Inc; Prime Wheel Corp.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 6 citations, 3 serious, $31,195
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 4 citations, $9,025
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 3 citations, 2 serious, $85,750
- 8 CCR 2340.12, Mechanical Execution of Work: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,110
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $25,000
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3653, Seat Belts: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3400, Medical services and first aid: 1 citation, $750
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Compton 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 Prime Wheel Corporation
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.