Sams Club Store safety record at a glance
Sams Club Store has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 19, 2000 and Aug 25, 2014. 2 of them were follow-up inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $40,910 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $9,100. The largest single penalty, $8,575, came from an inspection opened May 23, 2001 in Torrance. That places the employer at #16,107 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Torrance.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2014 | Torrance | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 4, 2015 |
| Nov 7, 2005 | Torrance | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 22, 2005 |
| May 23, 2001 | Torrance | Follow-up | 3 citations 2 serious | $40,385 | $8,575 | Oct 18, 2005 |
| Jan 19, 2000 | Torrance | Complaint | 2 citations | $525 | $525 | Aug 9, 2000 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4353: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,725
- 8 CCR 5185: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,150
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 1 citation, $700
- 8 CCR 461: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $225
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Torrance 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 Sams Club Store
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.