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COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO

135 LONG LANE, CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA, 91746
321920Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
20
over 38 years
Violations
80
$76,710 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
9 hospitalizations · 2 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO has accumulated 80 OSHA violations across 20 inspections over 38 years of recorded history, with $76,710 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 1,461 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
20
0.5 / yr · last 38 yrs
Violations
80
2.1 / yr
Penalties
$76,710
$959 avg / violation
31% serious69% other
Inspection trigger · accident
13 of 20
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 20

75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 8 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 32 citations in this view · $66,675 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
4075 A33$7,325Oct 1993Jul 2010
3270 B22$14,900Oct 1993Apr 2003
3314 C22$9,300Sep 2006Jul 2010
29 CFR 2340.0022 A22$3,075Apr 1996Jul 2010
3328 G22$1,435Oct 1993Apr 1996
3241 C22$750Apr 1996Apr 2000
1704(B)(4)22$650Apr 2022Apr 2022
1704(B)(2)22$650Apr 2022Apr 2022
29 CFR 1910.0095 C0122$520Aug 1987Apr 1988
29 CFR 1910.1200 H22$200Aug 1987Apr 1988
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0122$200Aug 1987Apr 1988
1704 B11$9,000Mar 2006Mar 2006
4186(B)11$5,060Sep 2020Sep 2020
3999 B11$2,700Jul 2010Jul 2010
4050 A11$2,700Jul 2010Jul 2010
4309 B11$2,700Jul 2010Jul 2010
4184 A11$2,700Jul 2010Jul 2010
4002 A11$1,250Oct 1993Oct 1993
3382 A11$1,000Oct 1993Oct 1993
3314(G)(2)11$560Sep 2020Sep 2020

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3219 within CA. Peer group: 1,461 employers. This establishment has 80 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $2,095
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
5.7
vs industry
+3.1
TRIR
12.2
vs industry
+8.3

Reported for 129 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
3.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.6
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
12.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
1
Complaint
2
Accident
13
Referral
2

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Oct 23, 2021Air Hose,Contact,Knee,Leg,Nail gun,Pallet,Projectile,Puncture,Puncture Wound,Repair11
Oct 18, 2021Knee,Leg,Nail,Nail gun,Pneumatic tool ,Puncture,Puncture Wound,Safety Device11
Feb 11, 2020Caught In,Finger,Hand,Laceration,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Lumber,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Point Of Operation,Ram,Safety Sensor,Sensor,Wood1
Feb 8, 2010AMPUTATED,FINGER,MACHINIST,LOCKOUT,LUMBER,BLADE11
Jul 6, 2007AMPUTATED,FINGER,CAUGHT BY,SAW,POINT OF OPERATION1
Mar 20, 2006PLATFORM,AMPUTATED,NAIL,UNSECURED,FINGER,MECHANIC,LOCKOUT,CAUGHT BETWEEN11
Sep 8, 2005KNEE,NAIL,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,HAND TOOL,PUNCTURE11
Nov 4, 2003FRACTURE,RAMP,FINGER,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,VALVE,STRUCK BY,HAND11
Feb 13, 2003FRACTURE,SAWDUST,BACK,CLOGGED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,PELVIS,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,LOST BALANCE11
Apr 16, 1999CLOTHING,AMPUTATED,GLOVE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,THUMB,SAW,LUMBER11
Jul 19, 1996UNSECURED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CLEANING,SAW,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,BLADE1
Mar 1, 1993SAWDUST,WORK RULES,CLEANING,SAW,LACERATION,ARM,BLADE,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
4 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 4+ years. Most recent activity: 4 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · $0 in backwages

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing0

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in CA — for COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
21-CA-038874Unfair labor practiceJun 2009Feb 2010ClosedRegion 21, Los Angeles, California
21-CA-038666Unfair labor practiceJan 2009Feb 2009ClosedRegion 21, Los Angeles, California

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2022-04-12Accident2$650
2022-01-12Accident3$650
2020-02-14Accident21$5,620
2016-06-09Accident0$0
2010-02-25Accident1411$26,895
2007-08-20Accident0$0
2006-06-01Accident3$800
2005-09-19Accident11$9,000
2003-11-12Accident0$0
2003-02-19Accident31$17,975
1999-12-29Referral2$750
1999-04-26Accident3$1,125
1996-08-13Accident0$0
1996-04-29Complaint1$150
1996-03-15Complaint5$1,495
1993-03-11Accident133$9,000
1987-10-06Follow-up3$600
1987-09-16Follow-up0$0
1987-08-10Referral82$600
1987-07-23Planned176$1,400

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

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Frequently asked

What is COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO's OSHA violation history?
COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO has 20 OSHA inspections on record with 80 violations and $76,710 in total penalties.
How does COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO's safety record compare to its industry?
COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO operates in the wood container and pallet manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.9. COMMERCIAL LUMBER & PALLET CO's self-reported DART rate is 5.65 compared to an industry average of 2.6.