Williams Tank Lines Inc safety record at a glance
Williams Tank Lines Inc has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 13, 2001 and Nov 15, 2017. 2 of them were complaint inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $49,815 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $18,590. The largest single penalty, $9,275, came from an inspection opened Apr 19, 2004 in Long Beach. That places the employer at #7,572 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Other Services (except Public Administration); Transportation and Warehousing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Chico, Stockton, Long Beach.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2017 | Chico | Complaint | 2 citations | $670 | $670 | May 11, 2018 |
| Dec 21, 2004 | Chico | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 17, 2005 |
| Oct 27, 2004 | Stockton | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 8, 2004 |
| Apr 19, 2004 | Long Beach | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $40,500 | $9,275 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Dec 13, 2001 | Stockton | Complaint | 10 citations 3 serious | $8,645 | $8,645 | Jul 9, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Williams Tank Lines.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3272: 2 citations, 2 serious, $9,275
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,475
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,475
- 8 CCR 5549: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,475
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $410
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $335
- 8 CCR 2473.2: 1 citation, $335
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $135
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Chico employment lawyer, Stockton employment lawyer, Long Beach 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 Tank Lines 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.