Waste Management of California, Inc. safety record at a glance
Waste Management of California, Inc. has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 4, 2007 and Aug 21, 2026. 3 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $79,060 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $78,125. The largest single penalty, $70,450, came from an inspection opened Mar 21, 2011 in Carlsbad. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #694 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Information. Worksites in Stockton, Ridgecrest, El Cajon, Saugus, Commerce, Carlsbad, Santa Ana.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Stockton | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| May 25, 2023 | Ridgecrest | Planned | 5 citations | $1,495 | $1,495 | Aug 14, 2023 |
| Jul 29, 2019 | El Cajon | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $5,620 | $5,620 | Dec 17, 2019 |
| Aug 3, 2017 | Saugus | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,495 | $560 | Oct 2, 2020 |
| Nov 3, 2011 | Commerce | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 29, 2012 |
| Mar 21, 2011 | Carlsbad | Accident | death 2 citations 1 serious | $70,450 | $70,450 | May 18, 2016 |
| Jun 4, 2007 | Santa Ana | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 4, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Waste Management of California; Waste Management of California Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4650: 3 citations, $1,120
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3702: 1 citation, 1 serious, $70,000
- 8 CCR 5185: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 2510.4: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3320: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3661: 1 citation, $185
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Stockton employment lawyer, El Cajon 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 Waste Management of California, 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 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.