Southland Industries safety record at a glance
Southland Industries has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 25, 2002 and Apr 7, 2026. 11 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 9 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $127,075 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $57,675. The largest single penalty, $29,250, came from an inspection opened Mar 30, 2016 in Union City. That places the employer at #1,176 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in Garden Grove, Union City, Highland, San Jose, Sherman Oaks, Santa Clara, San Francisco, South San Francisco.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2026 | Garden Grove | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 7, 2026 |
| May 16, 2023 | Garden Grove | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 8, 2023 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Union City | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 13, 2021 |
| Feb 4, 2021 | Highland | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Nov 3, 2020 | San Jose | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $54,000 | $26,000 | Oct 2, 2023 |
| Aug 1, 2019 | Sherman Oaks | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 23, 2019 |
| Jun 12, 2018 | Santa Clara | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $600 | Dec 31, 2018 |
| Jan 11, 2018 | Union City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 17, 2018 |
| Mar 30, 2016 | Union City | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $36,250 | $29,250 | Sep 27, 2019 |
| Aug 8, 2014 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 3, 2014 |
| Jun 18, 2014 | South San Francisco | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Feb 19, 2014 | Santa Clara | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 1, 2014 |
| Jul 2, 2013 | San Carlos | Referral | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 9, 2013 |
| Jul 14, 2009 | South San Francisco | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 21, 2009 |
| Jan 22, 2008 | Truckee | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $1,000 | Sep 26, 2009 |
| Jun 24, 2004 | Irvine | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $825 | $825 | Aug 13, 2004 |
| Jun 24, 2004 | East Palo Alto | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 9, 2004 |
| May 25, 2004 | Redwood City | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 1, 2004 |
| Feb 18, 2003 | Palm Springs | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 18, 2003 |
| Jan 28, 2003 | San Jose | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 19, 2003 |
| Nov 25, 2002 | Santa Ynez | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 3, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Southland Industries, Inc; Southland Industries, Inc.; Southland Industries dba Southland Industries.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $2,100
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 5042: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, 1 serious, $11,250
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 4999: 1 citation, $1,500
- 8 CCR 3562: 1 citation, $1,000
- 8 CCR 1926.501: 1 citation, 1 serious, $825
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Garden Grove 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 Southland Industries
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.