Recycling Industries, Inc. safety record at a glance
Recycling Industries, Inc. has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 14, 2003 and Nov 22, 2017. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 34 in all: 11 serious. Inspectors proposed $101,245 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $33,905. The largest single penalty, $16,010, came from an inspection opened Feb 3, 2016 in North Highlands. That places the employer at #2,885 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Wholesale Trade; Manufacturing. Worksites in Sacramento, North Highlands, Yuba City.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2017 | Sacramento | Complaint | 7 citations 2 serious | $22,005 | $11,465 | Oct 14, 2019 |
| Feb 3, 2016 | North Highlands | Planned | 19 citations 8 serious | $52,060 | $16,010 | May 6, 2019 |
| Jun 17, 2014 | North Highlands | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 14, 2014 |
| Mar 15, 2011 | North Highlands | Complaint | 1 citation | $275 | $275 | Jun 13, 2012 |
| Oct 26, 2010 | Yuba City | Accident | 1 citation | $345 | $345 | Feb 9, 2011 |
| Jun 5, 2008 | Sacramento | Complaint | 2 citations | $875 | $150 | Jan 4, 2010 |
| Apr 14, 2008 | Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 | $3,750 | Apr 15, 2011 |
| Feb 25, 2005 | Sacramento | Complaint | 2 citations | $18,515 | $1,490 | Apr 23, 2007 |
| Aug 14, 2003 | Yuba City | Complaint | 1 citation | $420 | $420 | Apr 21, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Recycling Industries Inc; Recycling Industries Inc.; Recycling Industries.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 1 serious, $5,490
- 8 CCR 4070: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,750
- 8 CCR 3272: 2 citations, $200
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,500
- 8 CCR 3666: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,500
- 8 CCR 4051: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 4075: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,250
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,250
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento 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. 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Recycling Industries, 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 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.