Stericycle, Inc. safety record at a glance
Stericycle, Inc. has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 23, 2000 and Oct 14, 2024. 11 of them were complaint inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $23,425 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $9,700. The largest single penalty, $3,120, came from an inspection opened Dec 24, 2008 in San Leandro. That places the employer at #15,511 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Lakeport, Vernon, Fontana, Hollister, Fresno, Norwalk, Sacramento, Yuba City.
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Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2024 | Lakeport | Complaint | 2 citations | $670 | $670 | Apr 21, 2025 |
| Jul 12, 2023 | Vernon | Accident | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Nov 13, 2023 |
| Apr 13, 2023 | Fontana | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,840 | $3,000 | Apr 2, 2024 |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Hollister | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Aug 2, 2021 |
| Mar 12, 2019 | Hollister | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 15, 2019 |
| Feb 28, 2017 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 7, 2017 |
| May 11, 2015 | Norwalk | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 6, 2015 |
| Mar 4, 2014 | Sacramento | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,030 | $450 | Sep 17, 2014 |
| Jul 12, 2012 | Yuba City | Complaint | 1 citation | $705 | $420 | Mar 22, 2013 |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Stockton | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 20, 2011 |
| May 13, 2010 | San Leandro | Complaint | 4 citations | $2,000 | $1,295 | open |
| Dec 24, 2008 | San Leandro | Complaint | 3 citations 2 serious | $13,685 | $3,120 | Jun 7, 2010 |
| Jul 17, 2008 | Rancho Cordova | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 19, 2008 |
| Jun 7, 2002 | San Leandro | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 28, 2003 |
| Feb 1, 2002 | Santa Rosa | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 1, 2002 |
| Aug 23, 2000 | Vernon | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | 0 | Jun 12, 2005 |
Also recorded as: Stericycle Inc.; Stericycle, Inc; Stericycle CO.; Stericycle; Stericycle Inc; Stericycle, Inc. dba Stericycle Communication Solu.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $625
- 8 CCR 5193, Bloodborne pathogens: 3 citations, $485
- 8 CCR 4650: 2 citations, 2 serious, $2,970
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $710
- 8 CCR 5185: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4848: 1 citation, $485
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $335
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fontana 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 Stericycle, Inc.
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.