The Container Store safety record at a glance
The Container Store has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 11, 2006 and Jul 17, 2023. 4 of them were complaint inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 2 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $187 in penalties, and that total stands. The largest single penalty, $187, came from an inspection opened Jul 17, 2008 in San Jose. That places the employer at #79,918 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in San Francisco, Pasadena, San Jose, Walnut Creek, Costa Mesa.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2023 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 5, 2023 |
| Nov 10, 2010 | Pasadena | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 13, 2011 |
| Jul 17, 2008 | San Jose | Complaint | 1 citation | $187 | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Apr 30, 2008 | Walnut Creek | Accident | 1 citation | $0 | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Feb 22, 2008 | Costa Mesa | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 22, 2008 |
| May 11, 2006 | Walnut Creek | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 30, 2006 |
Also recorded as: The Container Store Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3272, Aisles, Walkways, and Crawlways: 1 citation, $187
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Francisco employment lawyer, Pasadena employment lawyer, San Jose 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 The Container Store
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.