Tharco Containers Inc safety record at a glance
Tharco Containers Inc has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 19, 2003 and May 21, 2013. 3 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 6 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $45,685 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $12,815. The largest single penalty, $7,610, came from an inspection opened Jul 6, 2012 in Santa Fe Springs. That places the employer at #12,160 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Santa Fe Springs, San Lorenzo.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2013 | Santa Fe Springs | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $15,295 | $2,925 | Jan 23, 2015 |
| Jul 6, 2012 | Santa Fe Springs | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,610 | $7,610 | Mar 8, 2013 |
| Jun 19, 2009 | Santa Fe Springs | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 28, 2009 |
| Jul 27, 2007 | Santa Fe Springs | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Jul 28, 2009 |
| Jul 20, 2007 | Santa Fe Springs | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 14, 2008 |
| May 7, 2004 | San Lorenzo | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 28, 2004 |
| Aug 19, 2003 | San Lorenzo | Accident | 1 citation | $22,500 | $2,000 | Oct 24, 2005 |
Also recorded as: Tharco Containers - Colorado, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $7,200
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $2,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $410
- 8 CCR 3366: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, $225
Accidents investigated
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Tharco Containers Inc
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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.