Rent A Center safety record at a glance
Rent A Center has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 17, 2003 and Dec 15, 2025. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $6,620 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,220. The largest single penalty, $1,910, came from an inspection opened Sep 25, 2012 in Fresno. That places the employer at #24,329 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing; Retail Trade. Worksites in Norwalk, Stockton, Redlands, Fresno, Modesto, Oakland, Vallejo.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2025 | Norwalk | Complaint | 3 citations | $745 | $745 | open |
| Oct 12, 2017 | Stockton | Complaint | 3 citations | $520 | $520 | Mar 22, 2018 |
| Feb 12, 2013 | Redlands | Referral | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 12, 2013 |
| Sep 25, 2012 | Fresno | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,910 | $1,910 | open |
| May 8, 2009 | Modesto | Complaint | 1 citation | $1,575 | $175 | Mar 28, 2011 |
| Jan 7, 2005 | Redlands | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 2, 2005 |
| Jan 15, 2004 | Oakland | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,870 | $1,870 | Jun 26, 2006 |
| Sep 17, 2003 | Vallejo | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 20, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Rent-A-Center, Inc.; Rent-A-Center.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,545
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $850
- 8 CCR 3272: 2 citations, $340
- 8 CCR 3220, Emergency action plan: 1 citation, $935
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $425
- 8 CCR 4300.32: 1 citation, $375
- 5A0001: 1 citation, $260
- 8 CCR 2340.2: 1 citation, $185
Local pages: Norwalk employment lawyer, Stockton 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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Rent A Center
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.