CA Dept of State Hospitals safety record at a glance
CA Dept of State Hospitals has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 6, 2016 and Dec 2, 2024. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 3 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $13,400 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $7,500. The largest single penalty, $7,500, came from an inspection opened Jun 26, 2020 in Patton. 4 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #18,263 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Health Care and Social Assistance; Public Administration. Worksites in Patton, Sacramento.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2024 | Patton | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 24, 2025 |
| Jun 24, 2024 | Patton | Fatality or catastrophe | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 17, 2024 |
| Jun 26, 2020 | Patton | Fatality or catastrophe | 3 deaths 2 citations | $12,650 | $7,500 | Sep 1, 2023 |
| Mar 21, 2019 | Patton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 19, 2019 |
| Mar 21, 2019 | Patton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 30, 2019 |
| Jan 25, 2018 | Patton | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | 0 | Aug 2, 2018 |
| Dec 19, 2017 | Patton | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 21, 2018 |
| Oct 2, 2017 | Patton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 29, 2018 |
| Jan 6, 2016 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 15, 2016 |
Also recorded as: CA Dept. of State Hospitals; CA Dept of State Hospitals - Patton; CA Dept of State Hospitals dba Dept of Mental Health/Patton State Hospital.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 1 citation, $4,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,500
- 8 CCR 3342, Workplace violence prevention plan: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento 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 CA Dept of State Hospitals
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.