The Olson Company safety record at a glance
The Olson Company has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 17, 2000 and Jun 15, 2017. 6 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 9 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $63,015 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,695. The largest single penalty, $6,375, came from an inspection opened May 26, 2006 in Alhambra. That places the employer at #19,861 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Construction. Worksites in El Monte, Temple City, Oakland, Ventura, Alhambra, Torrance, Long Beach, Covina.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2017 | El Monte | Referral | 1 citation | $485 | 0 | Aug 21, 2018 |
| Apr 10, 2017 | Temple City | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 27, 2017 |
| Dec 19, 2007 | Oakland | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 19, 2007 |
| Dec 13, 2006 | Ventura | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 20, 2007 |
| May 26, 2006 | Alhambra | Unprogrammed related | 5 citations 1 serious | $58,500 | $6,375 | Apr 21, 2008 |
| Apr 14, 2006 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,710 | 0 | May 4, 2006 |
| Mar 10, 2006 | Torrance | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $320 | $320 | Oct 18, 2007 |
| Oct 24, 2005 | Long Beach | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 2, 2005 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | Covina | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 16, 2004 |
| Jul 1, 2003 | Fullerton | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 11, 2003 |
| Mar 12, 2003 | Malibu | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 17, 2003 |
| Jun 7, 2001 | Pleasant Hill | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 7, 2001 |
| Mar 17, 2000 | Torrance | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 17, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Olson 737 - Oakland 1 LCC; Olson Company; The Olson CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1644, Metal scaffolds: 3 citations, $2,250
- 8 CCR 1637, Scaffold planking: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,125
- 8 CCR 1430.40: 1 citation, $160
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $160
- 8 CCR 1626, Scaffolds: 1 citation, 1 serious
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation
Local pages: El Monte employment lawyer, Oakland 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 The Olson 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.