Southwest Traders Incorporated safety record at a glance
Southwest Traders Incorporated has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 5, 2001 and Oct 12, 2023. 9 of them were complaint inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $55,455 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $25,125. The largest single penalty, $11,600, came from an inspection opened Jun 17, 2021 in Stockton. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #4,664 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Accommodation and Food Services; Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Stockton, Palo Alto, Temecula, Sacramento.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2023 | Stockton | Complaint | 3 citations | $945 | $945 | Jul 1, 2024 |
| Jun 17, 2021 | Stockton | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $36,800 | $11,600 | open |
| Mar 16, 2020 | Stockton | Complaint | 1 citation | $400 | $400 | Jan 1, 2021 |
| May 21, 2019 | Stockton | Complaint | 2 citations | $700 | $700 | Nov 21, 2019 |
| Dec 16, 2018 | Palo Alto | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 21, 2019 |
| Feb 16, 2018 | Stockton | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,310 | $1,310 | Oct 1, 2018 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 14, 2015 |
| Feb 13, 2014 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 20, 2014 |
| Sep 8, 2011 | Stockton | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Aug 6, 2012 |
| Jan 12, 2011 | Temecula | Accident | 3 citations | $5,935 | $3,460 | Mar 10, 2014 |
| Nov 27, 2007 | Stockton | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 1 serious | $8,805 | $6,150 | Sep 20, 2010 |
| Sep 6, 2005 | Sacramento | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 7, 2005 |
| Mar 7, 2003 | Temecula | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 5, 2003 |
| Apr 16, 2001 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 28, 2001 |
| Apr 5, 2001 | Temecula | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 5, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Southwest Traders Inc.; Southwest Traders; Southwest Traders, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 5 citations, 1 serious, $12,475
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $7,100
- 8 CCR 2473.2: 2 citations, $1,065
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 2 citations, $860
- 8 CCR 3384: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 3216, Aisles: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, $400
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $400
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Stockton employment lawyer, Temecula 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 Southwest Traders Incorporated
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.