Company behind Tracy warehouse fire had string of workplace safety complaints

The company that owns a Tracy warehouse that went up in flames on Thursday has had a string of complaints and accidents over the past four years, according to a search of OSHA records.One complaint was filed just four days before the fire, on June 8. Another was filed April 20. KCRA 3 Investigates has reached out to the California Department of Industrial Relations for details on those complaints.Eleven items show up on the database, including five accidents and five complaints, dating back to September 2022. Some of those are for other locations in California.The biggest penalty is from an accident at the 1 million-square-foot Tracy facility from September 7, 2022. Details of the accident are not available on the website, however, three fines were issued in December of that year totaling more than $27,000. The company settled with OSHA to get a fine of just over $10,500. Investigators in that accident found violations found that included violations of operators of industrial trucks, lack of required foot protection for employees, and violations of standards keeping aisles clear and the walkways in good repair.Another accident at the Tracy warehouse, on Oct. 18, 2024, shows a serious violation that resulted in a fine of $7,650 which OSHA settled for $3,825. The investigators there found violations where industrial truck operators were moving at unsafe speeds.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel