SMG safety record at a glance
SMG has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 13, 2001 and Feb 20, 2025. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $43,560 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $15,900. The largest single penalty, $8,625, came from an inspection opened Sep 12, 2002 in Long Beach. That places the employer at #9,639 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: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; Real Estate and Rental and Leasing. Worksites in Valley Springs, Long Beach, Oakland, San Francisco, Fresno, Palm Springs.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2025 | Valley Springs | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Sep 12, 2013 | Long Beach | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $7,875 | $3,300 | Nov 18, 2014 |
| Feb 3, 2011 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 3, 2011 |
| Mar 18, 2009 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $1,000 | Dec 28, 2010 |
| Feb 18, 2005 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 9, 2005 |
| Dec 9, 2004 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 13, 2004 |
| Sep 12, 2002 | Long Beach | Accident | 5 citations 2 serious | $10,915 | $8,625 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Apr 13, 2001 | Palm Springs | Accident | 5 citations 2 serious | $19,770 | $2,975 | Sep 9, 2003 |
Also recorded as: SMG dba Palm Springs Convention Center; SMG, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $1,250
- 8 CCR 4300: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 2473.1: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4353: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 2340.1: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,250
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 2340.17: 1 citation, 1 serious, $225
- 8 CCR 3578: 1 citation, $225
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Long Beach employment lawyer, Oakland 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 SMG
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.