The Home Depot Store safety record at a glance
The Home Depot Store has been the subject of 24 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 6, 2000 and Aug 20, 2025. 13 of them were complaint inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 32 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $57,695 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $50,969. The largest single penalty, $18,375, came from an inspection opened Oct 10, 2000 in El Monte. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,433 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Glendale, Gilroy, Rancho Cordova, Barstow, Whittier, Stockton, Santa Ana, Emeryville.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2025 | Glendale | Unprogrammed related | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Oct 13, 2022 | Gilroy | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 19, 2022 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Gilroy | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $8,855 | $8,855 | Sep 11, 2023 |
| May 2, 2017 | Rancho Cordova | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 30, 2017 |
| Feb 5, 2015 | Barstow | Complaint | 2 citations | $935 | $935 | Jul 13, 2018 |
| Oct 6, 2014 | Whittier | Complaint | 6 citations | $2,200 | $2,200 | Dec 26, 2018 |
| Oct 4, 2012 | Stockton | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 17, 2012 |
| Aug 27, 2012 | Santa Ana | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 28, 2013 |
| May 22, 2012 | Emeryville | Complaint | 5 citations | $2,990 | $1,574 | Aug 10, 2012 |
| Jul 19, 2011 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 28, 2011 |
| Aug 11, 2009 | Carmichael | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 22, 2009 |
| Apr 7, 2009 | Hercules | Accident | 1 citation | $1,200 | $650 | Feb 2, 2011 |
| Jul 8, 2008 | Santee | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,120 | $1,120 | Feb 25, 2009 |
| Mar 20, 2007 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | May 22, 2008 |
| Oct 27, 2005 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 3, 2005 |
| Oct 25, 2005 | San Leandro | Accident | death 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Dec 31, 2006 |
| Jun 12, 2003 | Carmichael | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Aug 2, 2006 |
| Feb 3, 2003 | Industry | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 6, 2003 |
| Jan 17, 2002 | Emeryville | Complaint | 6 citations 1 serious | $10,350 | $10,350 | Sep 13, 2006 |
| Oct 3, 2001 | Carmichael | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 23, 2002 |
| Oct 3, 2001 | Roseville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 2, 2002 |
| Jul 13, 2001 | Roseville | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $300 | Aug 12, 2004 |
| Oct 10, 2000 | El Monte | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,375 | $18,375 | Nov 5, 2001 |
| Oct 6, 2000 | Industry | Accident | 2 citations | $5,100 | $600 | Sep 14, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Home Depot Store; Home Depot Inc Store 650; Home Depot Corporation Store; The Home Depot Inc, Store; The Home Depot, Inc. Store; Home Depot Store; Home Depot Store; Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. Store; Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. Store; Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. Store; Home Depot, Store; Home Depot USA, Inc, Store.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, 1 serious, $20,537
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 5 citations, $2,210
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 3 citations, $987
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $5,375
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $1,120
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 2 citations, $785
- 8 CCR 5185: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,435
- 8 CCR 3235: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,500
Accidents investigated
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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 The Home Depot 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 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.