United States Gypsum Company safety record at a glance
United States Gypsum Company has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 14, 2000 and Oct 10, 2024. 13 of them were planned inspections. 14 of them produced citations, 33 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $62,640 in penalties, and that total stands. The largest single penalty, $31,500, came from an inspection opened Oct 10, 2018 in Imperial. That places the employer at #1,016 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. Worksites in Torrance, Ocotillo, Imperial, Borrego Springs, South Gate, Plaster City.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2024 | Torrance | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,000 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Aug 10, 2023 | Ocotillo | Planned | 2 citations | $560 | Dec 12, 2023 |
| Oct 7, 2021 | Ocotillo | Planned | no citations | $0 | Oct 27, 2021 |
| Nov 5, 2020 | Ocotillo | Planned | no citations | $0 | Feb 23, 2021 |
| Jul 31, 2019 | Ocotillo | Planned | 1 citation | $210 | Oct 7, 2019 |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Ocotillo | Programmed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 26, 2019 |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Ocotillo | Planned | 1 citation | $185 | Feb 13, 2019 |
| Oct 10, 2018 | Imperial | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $31,500 | Apr 26, 2019 |
| Mar 7, 2018 | Ocotillo | Planned | 1 citation | $485 | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Feb 13, 2017 | Ocotillo | Planned | 11 citations | $3,040 | Mar 20, 2017 |
| Dec 16, 2015 | Ocotillo | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | Feb 10, 2016 |
| Jan 15, 2015 | Ocotillo | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Jan 20, 2015 |
| Sep 23, 2014 | Ocotillo | Planned | 1 citation | $375 | Feb 22, 2016 |
| Aug 11, 2011 | Borrego Springs | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Sep 29, 2011 |
| Jul 20, 2011 | Borrego Springs | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 3, 2011 |
| Nov 30, 2010 | Borrego Springs | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | Jan 27, 2011 |
| Dec 9, 2009 | Borrego Springs | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | Jan 28, 2010 |
| Apr 8, 2008 | South Gate | Complaint | 1 citation | $205 | Jun 11, 2008 |
| Nov 21, 2002 | Plaster City | Complaint | 6 citations | $1,865 | Apr 25, 2008 |
| Nov 29, 2001 | Torrance | Complaint | 2 citations | $465 | Jun 13, 2002 |
| Feb 14, 2000 | Borrego Springs | Planned | no citations | $0 | Feb 28, 2000 |
Also recorded as: United States Gypsum CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 4 citations, $955
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, 2 serious, $36,280
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $710
- 8 CCR 7010, Loading, Hauling, and Dumping, General: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 2 citations, $370
- 8 CCR 5021, Equipment over Three Tons Rated Capacity: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 3277, Fixed Ladders: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 3329, Machinery, operating procedures: 1 citation, 1 serious, $13,500
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. 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 United States 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 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.