True Blue Inc safety record at a glance
True Blue Inc has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 7, 2010 and May 13, 2022. 5 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 3 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $2,095 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $1,310. The largest single penalty, $750, came from an inspection opened May 18, 2010 in Oakland. That places the employer at #47,321 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Construction. Worksites in Palmdale, Palm Desert, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Susanville, Oakland, San Jose.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2022 | Palmdale | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $560 $970 proposed | Oct 30, 2023 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Palm Desert | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Feb 6, 2019 |
| Dec 28, 2017 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Feb 22, 2018 |
| Oct 8, 2012 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 18, 2013 |
| Aug 24, 2011 | Susanville | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 18, 2012 |
| May 18, 2010 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $750 $1,125 proposed | Apr 10, 2012 |
| Apr 7, 2010 | San Jose | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jul 16, 2010 |
Also recorded as: True Blue, Inc. dba Labor Ready; True Blue Dba: Labor Ready; True Blue Inc. dba Labor Ready; True Blue, Inc dba Labor Ready-Branch; True Blue Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $1,030
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $280
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Palmdale employment lawyer, Los Angeles 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 True Blue Inc
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.