Williams-Sonoma, Inc. safety record at a glance
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 31, 2000 and Apr 9, 2021. 5 of them were accident inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $29,520 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $18,770. The largest single penalty, $9,000, came from an inspection opened Oct 5, 2015 in Richmond. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #7,422 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 3 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Retail Trade; Real Estate and Rental and Leasing. Worksites in City of Industry, San Diego, San Francisco, Richmond, Emeryville, Walnut Creek.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2021 | City of Industry | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 30, 2021 |
| Sep 25, 2018 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Apr 9, 2019 |
| Jan 18, 2018 | City of Industry | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,250 | Apr 3, 2019 |
| Aug 2, 2016 | City of Industry | Unprogrammed related | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2017 |
| Dec 9, 2015 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 9, 2016 |
| Oct 5, 2015 | Richmond | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $9,000 | May 17, 2016 |
| Jan 10, 2014 | City of Industry | Accident | 2 citations | $655 | $655 | May 3, 2014 |
| Aug 15, 2012 | Emeryville | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,300 | $1,300 | Sep 28, 2012 |
| Jul 2, 2007 | San Francisco | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $2,850 | $2,850 | Oct 30, 2008 |
| Feb 19, 2003 | Walnut Creek | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,260 | $1,260 | Dec 5, 2003 |
| Jan 31, 2000 | San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation | $175 | $175 | Jun 13, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Williams Sonoma; Williams Sonoma Inc; Williams-Sonoma Inc. dba West Elm; Williams Sonoma, Inc.; Williams-Sonoma.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $735
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,250
- 8 CCR 3286: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 2500.10: 1 citation, $410
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $410
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Diego employment lawyer, San Francisco 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 Williams-Sonoma, 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.