R & D Steel, Inc. safety record at a glance
R & D Steel, Inc. has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 17, 2001 and Jul 6, 2011. 2 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $8,070 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $3,575. The largest single penalty, $2,235, came from an inspection opened Sep 2, 2009 in Compton. That places the employer at #30,535 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Santa Paula, Compton, Los Angeles, Lennox.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2011 | Santa Paula | Unprogrammed related | 5 citations | $815 $2,200 proposed | Aug 22, 2013 |
| Sep 2, 2009 | Compton | Planned | 9 citations 2 serious | $2,235 $5,345 proposed | Apr 13, 2010 |
| Jan 8, 2002 | Los Angeles | Programmed related | no citations | $0 | Jan 8, 2002 |
| Dec 17, 2001 | Lennox | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $525 | May 23, 2002 |
Also recorded as: R&d Steel; R & D Steel Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1644, Metal scaffolds: 3 citations, $405
- 8 CCR 4650, Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders: 2 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 4070, Guarding: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,350
- 8 CCR 1430.29: 1 citation, $275
- 8 CCR 1629, Stairways and Ladders: 1 citation, $175
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $175
- 8 CCR 1675, Ladders, general: 1 citation, $175
- 8 CCR 3320, Warning Signs: 1 citation, $150
Local pages: Compton employment lawyer, Los Angeles 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 R & D Steel, Inc.
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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.