CA Water Resources safety record at a glance
CA Water Resources has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 15, 2001 and Sep 12, 2025. 12 of them were complaint inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $139,490 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $93,815. The largest single penalty, $76,125, came from an inspection opened Jul 22, 2009 in Oroville. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #502 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Utilities; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Gustine, Oroville, Bakersfield, Sacramento, Live Oak, Los Banos, Sutter.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2025 | Gustine | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 $3,375 proposed | open |
| Jun 9, 2025 | Oroville | Accident | no citations | $0 | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Oct 30, 2019 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 5, 2020 |
| May 24, 2017 | Oroville | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Sep 11, 2017 |
| Jul 21, 2016 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 21, 2016 |
| Mar 13, 2013 | Oroville | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jun 5, 2013 |
| Jun 2, 2010 | Live Oak | Programmed related | no citations | $0 | Jun 22, 2010 |
| Apr 19, 2010 | Los Banos | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 19, 2010 |
| Jul 22, 2009 | Oroville | Accident | 4 citations 3 serious | $76,125 $121,125 proposed | May 15, 2012 |
| Jan 24, 2008 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 24, 2008 |
| Nov 30, 2007 | Oroville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 13, 2008 |
| Sep 10, 2007 | Oroville | Follow-up | 3 citations | $840 | Mar 3, 2008 |
| Mar 1, 2007 | Oroville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 1, 2007 |
| Feb 15, 2007 | Sutter | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 18, 2007 |
| Feb 7, 2007 | Los Banos | Accident | 2 deaths 5 citations 3 serious | $13,870 | Apr 19, 2010 |
| Jul 6, 2005 | Gustine | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 10, 2006 |
| Dec 2, 2003 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 2, 2004 |
| Dec 13, 2002 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 11, 2003 |
| Nov 18, 2002 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 19, 2003 |
| Feb 15, 2001 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 19, 2001 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, 2 serious, $50,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 2 serious, $31,750
- 8 CCR 6057: 2 citations, $370
- 8 CCR 6054: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3301, Use of Compressed Air or Gases: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3220, Emergency action plan: 1 citation, $1,125
- 8 CCR 3578, Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $280
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Bakersfield 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 Water Resources
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.