Structural Materials Company safety record at a glance
Structural Materials Company has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 6, 2002 and Feb 5, 2009. 5 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $61,135 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $14,325. The largest single penalty, $7,300, came from an inspection opened Nov 26, 2003 in Commerce. That places the employer at #10,883 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade. Worksites in Commerce, Chula Vista, La Canada, San Marcos, San Diego.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2009 | Commerce | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 6, 2009 |
| Oct 20, 2005 | Chula Vista | Accident | 9 citations 1 serious | $5,140 | $3,325 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Jul 7, 2005 | La Canada | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $31,495 | $3,550 | Aug 7, 2008 |
| Jan 5, 2004 | San Marcos | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 5, 2004 |
| Nov 26, 2003 | Commerce | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $24,350 | $7,300 | Jul 6, 2009 |
| Mar 6, 2002 | San Diego | Accident | 2 citations | $150 | $150 | May 19, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Structural Materials; Structural Materials CO; Structural Materials CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $350
- 8 CCR 3366: 3 citations
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $5,100
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 2 citations, 2 serious, $4,700
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3279: 1 citation, 1 serious, $550
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 1511: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Chula Vista 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 Structural Materials Company
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.