CA Motor Vehicles safety record at a glance
CA Motor Vehicles has been the subject of 59 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 16, 2000 and Oct 8, 2026. 54 of them were complaint inspections. 15 of them produced citations, 23 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $91,450 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $49,755. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Aug 16, 2022 in Sacramento. That places the employer at #1,500 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Sacramento, Los Banos, Modesto, Bakersfield, Yuba City, Folsom, Carmichael, Placerville.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | Sacramento | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Los Banos | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Modesto | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | open |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 31, 2025 |
| May 8, 2024 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Sep 12, 2025 |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Yuba City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2022 |
| Aug 3, 2021 | Sacramento | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,260 | $1,260 | Oct 16, 2023 |
| Jun 23, 2021 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 18, 2021 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Folsom | Complaint | 1 citation | $11,250 | $3,825 | Aug 31, 2022 |
| May 21, 2021 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 18, 2021 |
| May 13, 2021 | Sacramento | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $19,120 | $7,650 | Aug 31, 2022 |
| Feb 2, 2021 | Yuba City | Complaint | 1 citation | $11,250 | $3,825 | Aug 31, 2022 |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $11,250 | $3,825 | Aug 31, 2022 |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Sacramento | Complaint | 2 citations | $11,675 | $4,250 | Nov 12, 2024 |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $850 | $850 | Aug 31, 2022 |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 26, 2021 |
| Oct 17, 2019 | Carmichael | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 4, 2020 |
| Apr 4, 2019 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Mar 6, 2019 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Jan 29, 2015 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 18, 2015 |
| Jan 23, 2015 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 11, 2015 |
| Mar 24, 2014 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 28, 2014 |
| Oct 24, 2013 | Placerville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 10, 2014 |
| Sep 6, 2013 | Vallejo | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,125 | $600 | Jan 7, 2014 |
| Jun 14, 2012 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 1, 2012 |
| Mar 30, 2012 | Reedley | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Jun 13, 2012 |
| Jun 14, 2011 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 12, 2011 |
| Sep 28, 2010 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 5, 2010 |
| May 12, 2010 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 16, 2010 |
| Jul 15, 2009 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 14, 2009 |
| Jan 7, 2009 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 26, 2009 |
| Sep 29, 2008 | Chico | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 5, 2009 |
| Apr 21, 2008 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 19, 2008 |
| Nov 16, 2006 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 27, 2006 |
| Sep 26, 2006 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 10, 2007 |
| Nov 16, 2005 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 13, 2006 |
| Aug 16, 2005 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 24, 2006 |
| Feb 11, 2005 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 28, 2005 |
| Oct 5, 2004 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 21, 2005 |
| Jul 9, 2004 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 20, 2004 |
| Jun 16, 2004 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 27, 2004 |
| Mar 19, 2004 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 8, 2004 |
| Aug 12, 2003 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 8, 2003 |
| Jul 16, 2003 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 13, 2003 |
| Mar 6, 2003 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 11, 2003 |
| Aug 16, 2002 | Rocklin | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Dec 26, 2002 |
| May 16, 2002 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 25, 2002 |
| Oct 23, 2001 | Roseville | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 22, 2002 |
| Sep 12, 2001 | Oakland | Complaint | 2 citations | $300 | $300 | Jun 28, 2002 |
| Sep 6, 2001 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 7, 2001 |
| Jun 12, 2001 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 22, 2001 |
| Mar 13, 2001 | Roseville | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Apr 17, 2001 |
| Jan 10, 2001 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 16, 2001 |
| Jan 9, 2001 | Roseville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 12, 2001 |
| Oct 19, 2000 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 31, 2000 |
| Aug 17, 2000 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 18, 2000 |
| Apr 6, 2000 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 20, 2000 |
| Mar 16, 2000 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 27, 2000 |
Also recorded as: CA Motor Vehicles - Telephone Service Center.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 6 citations, $22,950
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, $1,460
- 8 CCR 5142: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 5155, Airborne contaminants: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 2500.7: 1 citation, $315
- 8 CCR 2500.10: 1 citation, $315
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 1 citation, $315
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento employment lawyer, Modesto 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 Motor Vehicles
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.