Rainbow Disposal Company Inc. safety record at a glance
Rainbow Disposal Company Inc. has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 14, 2001 and Sep 24, 2020. 8 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $26,310 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $10,290. The largest single penalty, $6,920, came from an inspection opened May 22, 2007 in Huntington Beach. 3 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #14,965 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Huntington Beach, Westminster, Irvine, Fountain Valley.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2020 | Huntington Beach | Planned | 2 citations | $370 | Mar 4, 2021 |
| May 3, 2011 | Westminster | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jun 7, 2011 |
| Aug 23, 2010 | Irvine | Accident | death no citations | $0 | Oct 29, 2010 |
| Apr 22, 2009 | Huntington Beach | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Sep 9, 2008 | Irvine | Accident | death no citations | $0 | Aug 13, 2009 |
| Oct 30, 2007 | Huntington Beach | Complaint | 1 citation | $300 | Nov 18, 2008 |
| May 22, 2007 | Huntington Beach | Complaint | 10 citations 3 serious | $6,920 $20,990 proposed | Sep 27, 2010 |
| Oct 23, 2001 | Fountain Valley | Accident | no citations | $0 | Nov 19, 2001 |
| Jul 18, 2001 | Huntington Beach | Accident | 1 citation | $0 $600 proposed | Sep 11, 2002 |
| Jun 29, 2001 | Huntington Beach | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 $4,050 proposed | Sep 19, 2006 |
| Mar 14, 2001 | Huntington Beach | Accident | death no citations | $0 | Mar 14, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Rainbow Disposal Company; Rainbow Disposal CO Inc; Rainbow Disposal Company, Inc.; Rainbow Disposal CO., Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 2 citations, $235
- 8 CCR 3578, Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 5166, Cleaning, Repairing, or Altering Containers: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 5185, Changing and Charging Storage Batteries: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 2340.22, Identification of Equipment: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 4310, Band Knives and Band Saws: 1 citation, $300
Accidents investigated
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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. 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Rainbow Disposal Company Inc.
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.