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Priority Business Services Cal/OSHA Inspections and Citations

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Priority Business Services: 24 inspections, 22 citations and $20,505 in penalties, 1 death investigated, latest opened Feb 9, 2023.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

Priority Business Services safety record at a glance

Priority Business Services has been the subject of 24 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 2, 2006 and Feb 9, 2023. 11 of them were accident inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 22 in all: 0 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $55,875 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $20,505. The largest single penalty, $9,060, came from an inspection opened Jun 12, 2020 in Los Angeles. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #6,448 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.

Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Manufacturing; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Los Angeles, Santa Fe Springs, Commerce, Cty of Cmmrce, Anaheim, Irvine, Pico Rivera, Ontario.

Every inspection, newest first

Click a date for the citations in that inspection.

OpenedCityWhyResultProposedPenaltyClosed
Feb 9, 2023Los AngelesAccident3 citations$1,875$1,200open
Dec 14, 2021Los AngelesComplaintno citations00May 25, 2022
Jun 2, 2021Santa Fe SpringsProgrammed related1 citation$850$150Jul 14, 2023
Nov 3, 2020Santa Fe SpringsProgrammed related1 citation$315$315May 13, 2021
Sep 15, 2020Los AngelesFatality or catastrophedeath 1 citation$5,000$3,000Mar 15, 2022
Jun 12, 2020Los AngelesAccident3 citations 1 repeat$23,300$9,060Dec 28, 2022
Mar 13, 2020Santa Fe SpringsProgrammed related1 citation$280$150Feb 11, 2021
Dec 11, 2018CommerceUnprogrammed related4 citations$1,310$1,310Apr 17, 2019
Mar 19, 2018Cty of CmmrceUnprogrammed related2 citations$18,935$3,635Aug 2, 2021
Aug 13, 2013AnaheimAccidentno citations00Jan 2, 2014
Mar 19, 2013IrvineUnprogrammed relatedno citations00Aug 12, 2013
Dec 21, 2012AnaheimAccidentno citations00May 20, 2013
Dec 14, 2012Pico RiveraAccidentno inspection made00Dec 14, 2012
Oct 25, 2012OntarioComplaintno inspection made00Oct 25, 2012
Feb 23, 2012OntarioUnprogrammed relatedno citations00Sep 5, 2012
Feb 15, 2012Pico RiveraAccident2 citations$560$185Apr 25, 2017
Jan 17, 2012CarsonAccidentno citations00May 15, 2012
May 6, 2011South GateAccidentno citations00Nov 8, 2011
Apr 14, 2011CommerceAccidentno citations00Jun 14, 2011
Mar 23, 2011Santa AnaProgrammed relatedno citations00Apr 27, 2011
Oct 12, 2009Union CityProgrammed related3 citations$3,150$1,350Oct 20, 2010
May 29, 2008Santa Fe SpringsProgrammed relatedno citations00Oct 9, 2008
Jul 19, 2007RiversideAccidentno citations00Dec 31, 2007
Nov 2, 2006StocktonAccident1 citation$300$150Jun 13, 2007

Also recorded as: Priority Business Services Inc; Priority Business Services, Inc dba Priority Staff; Priority Business Services, Inc.

The rules this employer was cited under

Accidents investigated

Aug 7, 2020, Los Angeles. Employee faints at work after stroke and dies 1 death Inspection
May 22, 2020, Los Angeles. Employee lacerates finger when machine guard is removed Inspection
Jul 18, 2013, Anaheim. Employee Lacerates Arm and Torso in Duct Cutting Machine 1 hospitalized Inspection
Dec 5, 2012, Anaheim. Employee Gets Finger Fracture and Avulsion Inspection
Nov 18, 2011, Carson. Employee Is Severely Burned with Hot Glue 1 hospitalized Inspection
Oct 4, 2011, Pico Rivera. Employee Amputates Fingertip Cleaning Garnett Machine Inspection
May 2, 2011, South Gate. Employee's Foot Is Burned and Fractured by Falling Hot Part 1 hospitalized Inspection
Sep 30, 2006, Stockton. Employee's Fingers Are Amputated in Drill Press 1 hospitalized Inspection

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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 Priority Business Services

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.

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