Southland Box Company safety record at a glance
Southland Box Company has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 2, 2000 and May 18, 2012. 5 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 38 in all: 14 serious, 4 repeat. Inspectors proposed $186,540 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $140,160. The largest single penalty, $44,770, came from an inspection opened Jul 16, 2004 in Vernon. That places the employer at #224 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Vernon.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2012 | Vernon | Complaint | 5 citations | $2,675 | $2,675 | Jul 7, 2012 |
| Dec 2, 2009 | Vernon | Accident | 5 citations 3 serious | $29,020 | $17,460 | Apr 6, 2011 |
| Nov 18, 2009 | Vernon | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious 3 repeat | $45,675 | $34,605 | Mar 22, 2011 |
| Aug 27, 2007 | Vernon | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious 1 repeat | $24,550 | $19,000 | Mar 10, 2009 |
| Sep 30, 2004 | Vernon | Accident | 7 citations 5 serious | $38,875 | $21,275 | Dec 6, 2006 |
| Jul 16, 2004 | Vernon | Accident | 9 citations 4 serious | $44,770 | $44,770 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Oct 2, 2000 | Vernon | Complaint | 3 citations | $975 | $375 | Nov 15, 2001 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 10 citations, 3 serious, $73,220
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, $2,250
- 8 CCR 4075: 2 citations, 2 serious, $22,275
- 8 CCR 4070: 2 citations, 2 serious, $6,480
- 8 CCR 3577: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,250
- 8 CCR 2340.22: 2 citations, $785
- 8 CCR 2340.12: 2 citations, $785
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 2 citations, $685
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. 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 Southland Box Company
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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.