Stevedoring Services of America safety record at a glance
Stevedoring Services of America has been the subject of 55 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 18, 2000 and Nov 14, 2011. 32 of them were planned inspections. 18 of them produced citations, 34 in all: 11 serious, 2 repeat. Inspectors proposed $95,595 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $39,485. The largest single penalty, $12,500, came from an inspection opened Jun 20, 2002 in Long Beach. 4 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #2,272 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Oakland, Port Hueneme, Benicia, Stockton, Long Beach, San Diego, San Pedro, Terminal Island.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2011 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 9, 2012 |
| Aug 23, 2011 | Port Hueneme | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 23, 2011 |
| Aug 23, 2011 | Port Hueneme | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 23, 2011 |
| Aug 3, 2010 | Oakland | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 3, 2010 |
| May 13, 2010 | Oakland | Accident | death no citations | $0 | Jun 8, 2010 |
| Apr 10, 2008 | Benicia | Planned | no citations | $0 | Apr 10, 2008 |
| Sep 25, 2007 | Oakland | Accident | death 1 citation | $0 | Dec 21, 2007 |
| Apr 19, 2007 | Stockton | Planned | no citations | $0 | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Mar 23, 2007 | Oakland | Accident | no inspection made | $0 | Mar 23, 2007 |
| Jan 9, 2007 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jun 14, 2007 |
| Nov 17, 2004 | Long Beach | Planned | no citations | $0 | Nov 17, 2004 |
| Oct 25, 2004 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 15, 2005 |
| Sep 17, 2004 | Benicia | Planned | no citations | $0 | Sep 17, 2004 |
| Jun 4, 2004 | Oakland | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jun 4, 2004 |
| Jan 28, 2004 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation | $850 $18,000 proposed | Sep 6, 2007 |
| Nov 14, 2003 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 22, 2004 |
| Oct 1, 2003 | Oakland | Complaint | 2 citations | $850 $4,900 proposed | Sep 6, 2007 |
| May 8, 2003 | Benicia | Planned | no citations | $0 | May 9, 2003 |
| Mar 25, 2003 | Port Hueneme | Planned | 1 citation 1 repeat | $2,500 $5,000 proposed | Sep 13, 2004 |
| Feb 18, 2003 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 6, 2003 |
| Nov 20, 2002 | Long Beach | Planned | no citations | $0 | Nov 20, 2002 |
| Nov 4, 2002 | San Pedro | Planned | no citations | $0 | Nov 4, 2002 |
| Jul 23, 2002 | Port Hueneme | Accident | death 1 citation | $3,500 $5,000 proposed | Sep 19, 2003 |
| Jul 18, 2002 | Port Hueneme | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 9, 2002 |
| Jul 17, 2002 | Oakland | Accident | 2 citations | $500 | Sep 6, 2007 |
| Jun 20, 2002 | Long Beach | Planned | 1 citation 1 repeat | $12,500 | Oct 18, 2002 |
| Jun 17, 2002 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 18, 2006 |
| May 28, 2002 | Stockton | Planned | 3 citations 3 serious | $3,375 | Jan 9, 2003 |
| Mar 14, 2002 | Long Beach | Accident | death no citations | $0 | Sep 12, 2003 |
| Feb 12, 2002 | San Pedro | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $675 | May 14, 2002 |
| Feb 12, 2002 | San Pedro | Planned | no citations | $0 | Mar 27, 2002 |
| Jan 8, 2002 | Long Beach | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Jan 16, 2002 |
| Nov 30, 2001 | Oakland | Accident | 5 citations 2 serious | $940 $22,850 proposed | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Nov 15, 2001 | Terminal Island | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,975 | May 28, 2002 |
| May 2, 2001 | Oakland | Planned | no citations | $0 | May 11, 2001 |
| Mar 29, 2001 | Long Beach | Planned | no citations | $0 | Apr 2, 2001 |
| Mar 27, 2001 | San Pedro | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $975 | Oct 3, 2001 |
| Mar 27, 2001 | San Pedro | Planned | no citations | $0 | May 21, 2001 |
| Mar 7, 2001 | Oakland | Complaint | 8 citations | $2,135 | Sep 18, 2007 |
| Feb 7, 2001 | Long Beach | Follow-up | 1 citation | $200 | Jul 14, 2008 |
| Jan 11, 2001 | Redwood City | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | Jan 12, 2001 |
| Dec 11, 2000 | Long Beach | Complaint | 1 citation | $210 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Dec 7, 2000 | Los Angeles | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $1,300 | Apr 11, 2001 |
| Dec 7, 2000 | Long Beach | Planned | no citations | $0 | Dec 28, 2000 |
| Dec 5, 2000 | Terminal Island | Planned | no citations | $0 | Dec 5, 2000 |
| Dec 5, 2000 | San Pedro | Planned | no citations | $0 | Dec 15, 2000 |
| Oct 11, 2000 | San Diego | Planned | no citations | $0 | Mar 31, 2003 |
| Mar 22, 2000 | Long Beach | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Apr 11, 2000 |
| Mar 22, 2000 | Long Beach | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Apr 11, 2000 |
| Mar 3, 2000 | Long Beach | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 3, 2000 |
| Feb 10, 2000 | Long Beach | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $3,000 $10,500 proposed | Oct 29, 2001 |
| Feb 9, 2000 | San Pedro | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,000 $4,500 proposed | Oct 29, 2001 |
| Feb 3, 2000 | Port Hueneme | Referral | no citations | $0 | Mar 31, 2003 |
| Jan 20, 2000 | Richmond | Planned | no citations | $0 | Mar 31, 2003 |
| Jan 18, 2000 | Oakland | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jan 18, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Stevedoring Services of America dba SSA Terminals; Stevedoring Services of America LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $795
- 8 CCR 1918.32, Stowed cargo and temporary landing surfaces: 3 citations, 2 serious, $14,600
- 8 CCR 1918.86: 3 citations, 2 serious, $6,775
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 3 citations, $810
- 8 CCR 1918.24, Fixed and portable ladders: 2 citations, 2 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 3475, Vehicles: 2 citations, $1,700
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, 1 serious, $900
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $500
Accidents investigated
Local pages: 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Stevedoring Services of America
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 4, 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.