Strategic Materials Inc safety record at a glance
Strategic Materials Inc has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 1, 2008 and Mar 29, 2025. 3 of them were complaint inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 26 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $67,675 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $49,925. The largest single penalty, $30,000, came from an inspection opened Mar 29, 2025 in Commerce. That places the employer at #1,491 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Commerce, South Gate, San Leandro, Sacramento, Modesto, Southgate.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2025 | Commerce | Fatality or catastrophe | 3 citations 2 serious | $30,000 | $30,000 | open |
| Feb 2, 2023 | Commerce | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $5,485 | $2,985 | open |
| Apr 26, 2018 | South Gate | Planned | 7 citations 1 serious | $5,860 | $2,300 | Oct 12, 2018 |
| Dec 15, 2015 | San Leandro | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 29, 2015 |
| Apr 13, 2015 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 22, 2015 |
| Apr 2, 2015 | Modesto | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $6,475 | $4,025 | Jan 12, 2017 |
| May 21, 2014 | Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,750 | Feb 16, 2016 |
| Apr 14, 2014 | Southgate | Planned | 3 citations 2 serious | $5,225 | $2,180 | Dec 9, 2014 |
| Apr 10, 2013 | Modesto | Complaint | 2 citations | $825 | $825 | Sep 9, 2013 |
| Feb 1, 2008 | Commerce | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $8,805 | $3,860 | Jun 11, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Strategic Materials; Strategic Materials Inc dba Western Strategic Mate; Strategic Materials, Inc. dba Western Strategic; Strategic Materials Corporation; Strategic Materials, Inc.; Strategic Materials, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $23,460
- 8 CCR 5097: 3 citations, $1,310
- 8 CCR 3385, Foot protection: 2 citations, 2 serious, $8,550
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $6,250
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 2 citations, $100
- 8 CCR 4310: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,150
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3577: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
Accidents investigated
Local pages: South Gate employment lawyer, San Leandro 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 Strategic Materials 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.