Sam's Club safety record at a glance
Sam's Club has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 20, 2000 and Mar 11, 2026. 10 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $37,045 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $15,765. The largest single penalty, $6,300, came from an inspection opened Jun 20, 2000 in Sacramento. That places the employer at #9,761 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade; Other Services (except Public Administration). Worksites in Vacaville, Glendora, Gardena, El Monte, Corona, Citrus Heights, Palmdale, Roseville.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2026 | Vacaville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Vacaville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 11, 2026 |
| Jan 27, 2015 | Glendora | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 15, 2015 |
| Sep 21, 2011 | Gardena | Accident | 3 citations | $1,800 $2,250 proposed | Aug 10, 2012 |
| Dec 22, 2009 | El Monte | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | Jul 16, 2010 |
| Aug 8, 2008 | Corona | Accident | 1 citation | $185 | Sep 19, 2015 |
| Mar 9, 2006 | Citrus Heights | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Oct 19, 2005 | Citrus Heights | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 21, 2005 |
| Jan 3, 2005 | Citrus Heights | Accident | 2 citations | $5,450 | Jan 22, 2007 |
| Dec 3, 2003 | Palmdale | Accident | 5 citations | $1,020 $18,740 proposed | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Sep 13, 2002 | Roseville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 17, 2002 |
| Feb 11, 2002 | Irvine | Complaint | 3 citations | $635 $3,745 proposed | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Jul 16, 2001 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 16, 2001 |
| Jan 10, 2001 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 20, 2001 |
| Jun 20, 2000 | Sacramento | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $6,300 | Sep 7, 2001 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,500
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $880
- 8 CCR 5185, Changing and Charging Storage Batteries: 2 citations, $785
- 8 CCR 461, Permits to Operate: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $335
- 8 CCR 3249, Cold Storage, Processing, and Manufacturing Rooms: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, $450
Accidents investigated
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 Sam's Club
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.