CA Department of Corrections safety record at a glance
CA Department of Corrections has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 24, 2000 and Apr 1, 2026. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $1,005 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $750. The largest single penalty, $450, came from an inspection opened Jun 23, 2000 in Norco. That places the employer at #57,471 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration. Worksites in Jamestown, Vacaville, Pasadena, Norco, San Luis Obispo.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | Jamestown | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Jul 17, 2025 | Jamestown | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 18, 2025 |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Jamestown | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 6, 2023 |
| Jul 11, 2013 | Vacaville | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 7, 2014 |
| Sep 5, 2012 | Vacaville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 24, 2012 |
| Nov 10, 2009 | Vacaville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Jan 16, 2008 | Pasadena | Complaint | 3 citations | $300 $555 proposed | Dec 15, 2008 |
| Jun 23, 2000 | Norco | Complaint | 2 citations | $450 | Feb 15, 2001 |
| Apr 24, 2000 | San Luis Obispo | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 27, 2000 |
Also recorded as: CA Department of Corrections (CMF); CA Department of Corrections - Sierra Conservation Center.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 2 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 3364, Sanitary facilities: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3308, Hot Pipes and Hot Surfaces: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Pasadena 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 CA Department of Corrections
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 4, 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.