CA Highway Patrol safety record at a glance
CA Highway Patrol has been the subject of 31 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 24, 2000 and Oct 11, 2024. 24 of them were complaint inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 25 in all: 1 serious, 1 willful. Inspectors proposed $49,645 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $26,465. The largest single penalty, $20,070, came from an inspection opened Oct 11, 2024 in West Sacramento. 3 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #4,300 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Retail Trade. Worksites in West Sacramento, Redding, Visalia, Valencia, Placerville, Fresno, Thousand Oaks, Alturas.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2024 | West Sacramento | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious 1 willful | $20,070 | $20,070 | Apr 14, 2025 |
| Jan 5, 2024 | West Sacramento | Programmed related | 2 citations | $750 | $750 | Jun 3, 2024 |
| Oct 30, 2023 | Redding | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 21, 2023 |
| Aug 9, 2022 | Visalia | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 13, 2022 |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Valencia | Fatality or catastrophe | death 4 citations | $1,865 | $1,865 | open |
| Aug 19, 2020 | West Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 7, 2021 |
| Jan 5, 2017 | Placerville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 30, 2017 |
| Jun 12, 2014 | West Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 21, 2014 |
| Jan 14, 2014 | West Sacramento | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 21, 2014 |
| Apr 23, 2013 | Fresno | Complaint | 2 citations | $370 | $370 | Apr 25, 2017 |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Thousand Oaks | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Aug 9, 2011 |
| Jan 20, 2011 | Alturas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 3, 2011 |
| Jun 11, 2009 | Sacramento | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 22, 2012 |
| Aug 26, 2008 | West Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 12, 2009 |
| May 18, 2007 | Monterey Park | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,310 | $450 | Dec 3, 2008 |
| Nov 21, 2005 | Madera | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 24, 2007 |
| Aug 5, 2005 | Aptos | Complaint | 1 citation | $300 | 0 | Jul 14, 2006 |
| Dec 21, 2004 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 26, 2006 |
| Feb 3, 2004 | Rancho Cordova | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 20, 2004 |
| Nov 2, 2003 | Weaverville | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 22, 2004 |
| Oct 22, 2003 | Rancho Cordova | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 23, 2003 |
| Jun 5, 2003 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 29, 2003 |
| May 6, 2003 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 20, 2003 |
| Apr 11, 2003 | Thousand Oaks | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 11, 2003 |
| Aug 7, 2002 | Arcata | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 25, 2002 |
| Jun 18, 2002 | Woodland Hills | Complaint | 5 citations | $9,650 | $1,125 | May 31, 2005 |
| Feb 14, 2002 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 4 citations | $14,995 | $1,500 | Nov 1, 2006 |
| Mar 28, 2001 | Thousand Oaks | Complaint | 2 citations | $150 | $150 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Mar 16, 2001 | San Martin | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 25, 2001 |
| May 10, 2000 | Newcastle | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 10, 2000 |
| Mar 24, 2000 | Thousand Oaks | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 12, 2000 |
Also recorded as: CA Highway Patrol - la Communications Center.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5110: 5 citations, $1,950
- 8 CCR 5198, Lead: 3 citations, 1 serious, $20,445
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $600
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $370
- 8 CCR 5193, Bloodborne pathogens: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 1430.29: 1 citation, $375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Visalia 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 Highway Patrol
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.