Quality Aluminum Forge, LLC safety record at a glance
Quality Aluminum Forge, LLC has been the subject of 2 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 16, 2012 and Sep 23, 2020. 1 of them were planned inspections. All of them produced citations, 20 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $52,710 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $21,260. The largest single penalty, $12,860, came from an inspection opened Sep 23, 2020 in Orange. That places the employer at #6,132 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 2 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Orange.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2020 | Orange | Planned | 16 citations 5 serious | $12,860 $25,340 proposed | May 20, 2021 |
| Nov 16, 2012 | Orange | Complaint | 4 citations 2 serious | $8,400 $27,370 proposed | Aug 19, 2015 |
Also recorded as: Quality Aluminum Forge LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 2 citations, 2 serious, $7,425
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $185
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3577, Protection Devices: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3578, Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding: 1 citation, 1 serious, $375
- 8 CCR 5185, Changing and Charging Storage Batteries: 1 citation, 1 serious, $375
Local pages: Orange 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 Quality Aluminum Forge, 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 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.