U.S. Gypsum Company safety record at a glance
U.S. Gypsum Company has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 17, 2006 and Nov 6, 2008. 3 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 6 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $56,585 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $43,985. The largest single penalty, $42,685, came from an inspection opened Sep 29, 2008 in El Centro. That places the employer at #1,890 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Borrego Springs, El Centro, Torrance.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2008 | Borrego Springs | Planned | 1 citation | $400 | $400 | Feb 9, 2009 |
| Sep 29, 2008 | El Centro | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $42,685 | $42,685 | Jun 29, 2009 |
| Feb 5, 2008 | Borrego Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 13, 2008 |
| May 3, 2006 | El Centro | Accident | 1 citation | $13,500 | $900 | Feb 25, 2010 |
| Jan 17, 2006 | Torrance | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 9, 2006 |
Also recorded as: US Gypsum Company; US Gypsum.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3222: 1 citation, 1 serious, $27,000
- 8 CCR 3741: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,125
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $900
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3578: 1 citation, $400
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Torrance 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 U.S. Gypsum 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.