CA Dept. of Transportation safety record at a glance
CA Dept. of Transportation has been the subject of 25 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 12, 2000 and Nov 20, 2018. 14 of them were accident inspections. 12 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $193,350 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $102,075. The largest single penalty, $22,500, came from an inspection opened Feb 24, 2011 in Templeton. 3 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #420 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in San Bernardino, Fresno, Richmond, Templeton, Tehachapi, Lodi, Sebastopol, Pasadena.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2018 | San Bernardino | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $30,650 | $14,125 | Dec 15, 2022 |
| Mar 7, 2016 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 15, 2016 |
| Oct 18, 2013 | Richmond | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 4, 2013 |
| Feb 24, 2011 | Templeton | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $22,500 | Sep 20, 2011 |
| Jun 3, 2010 | Tehachapi | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 9, 2010 |
| Jul 27, 2009 | Lodi | Accident | death 1 citation | $6,750 | $750 | Jun 9, 2011 |
| Mar 24, 2009 | Sebastopol | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,400 | $2,700 | Jan 29, 2011 |
| Oct 22, 2007 | Pasadena | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 22, 2007 |
| Jul 9, 2007 | Le Vining | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 18, 2007 |
| Jul 31, 2006 | Monte Rio | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 21, 2006 |
| Jul 7, 2006 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Jun 21, 2006 | Clearlake Oaks | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 6, 2006 |
| Feb 17, 2006 | Amador City | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 20, 2006 |
| Jul 13, 2005 | Leggett | Accident | 2 citations | $18,450 | $1,050 | Apr 18, 2008 |
| Jul 11, 2005 | Willits | Accident | death 2 citations 1 serious | $36,000 | $5,400 | Feb 26, 2008 |
| Feb 2, 2005 | Amador City | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 21, 2005 |
| Jan 21, 2005 | Amador City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 26, 2005 |
| Oct 14, 2004 | Santa Rosa | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 1, 2004 |
| Apr 12, 2004 | San Rafael | Accident | 1 citation | $450 | $300 | Sep 12, 2007 |
| Apr 7, 2004 | Martinez | Accident | death 2 citations | $32,200 | $18,800 | Oct 2, 2005 |
| Feb 27, 2004 | Santa Rosa | Complaint | 2 citations | $150 | $150 | Dec 18, 2008 |
| Feb 25, 2004 | Richmond | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 16, 2005 |
| Dec 3, 2003 | Napa | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 12, 2004 |
| Sep 17, 2003 | South Gate | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $18,000 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Jun 12, 2000 | Healdsburg | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Jan 25, 2001 |
Also recorded as: CA Dept of Transportation; CA, Dept. of Transportation; CA Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans); CA Dept of Transportation - Design.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,750
- 8 CCR 1592, Warning methods, construction: 2 citations, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 2 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $22,500
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, 1 serious, $7,650
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,500
Accidents investigated
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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 Transportation
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.