Western States Wholesale Inc safety record at a glance
Western States Wholesale Inc has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 26, 2001 and May 4, 2022. 6 of them were accident inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 45 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $80,990 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $25,620. The largest single penalty, $10,875, came from an inspection opened Apr 26, 2005 in Ontario. That places the employer at #4,525 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Retail Trade; Manufacturing. Worksites in Ontario, Adelanto, Apple Valley, Lucerne Valley.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2022 | Ontario | Planned | 1 citation | $175 | $175 | Aug 18, 2022 |
| Jan 7, 2020 | Adelanto | Planned | 1 citation | $200 | $200 | Sep 3, 2020 |
| Feb 27, 2019 | Adelanto | Planned | 5 citations | $1,160 | $1,010 | Oct 4, 2019 |
| May 29, 2018 | Adelanto | Planned | 12 citations | $5,355 | $5,355 | Nov 8, 2018 |
| Mar 26, 2015 | Ontario | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 19, 2015 |
| Aug 9, 2010 | Apple Valley | Programmed related | 1 citation | $125 | $125 | Nov 9, 2010 |
| Apr 8, 2010 | Ontario | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $2,250 | $2,250 | open |
| Jul 17, 2007 | Ontario | Accident | 2 citations | $935 | $935 | Jul 6, 2011 |
| Apr 26, 2005 | Ontario | Accident | 5 citations 3 serious | $35,250 | $10,875 | Aug 15, 2015 |
| Apr 26, 2005 | Lucerne Valley | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Apr 25, 2006 |
| Apr 7, 2004 | Lucerne Valley | Accident | 8 citations 2 serious | $27,300 | $3,270 | May 18, 2011 |
| Oct 26, 2001 | Ontario | Accident | 7 citations | $7,865 | $1,050 | Mar 4, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Western States Wholesale.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, $1,500
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 3 citations, 1 serious, $3,975
- 8 CCR 5204: 3 citations, $1,350
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 2 serious, $3,645
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,435
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $475
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $460
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Ontario 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 Western States Wholesale 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.