California Institute of Technology safety record at a glance
California Institute of Technology has been the subject of 19 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 3, 2000 and Mar 17, 2025. 13 of them were accident inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $34,355 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $7,110. The largest single penalty, $3,000, came from an inspection opened Jan 28, 2025 in Pasadena. That places the employer at #18,980 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 5 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Educational Services; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in Pasadena, Santa Margarita, Dumont Dunes.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2025 | Pasadena | Planned | 2 citations | $850 | $850 | Aug 8, 2025 |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Pasadena | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Jan 22, 2025 | Pasadena | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 21, 2025 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | Pasadena | Accident | 1 citation | $1,125 | $1,125 | open |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Santa Margarita | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Pasadena | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 3, 2019 |
| Mar 7, 2019 | Pasadena | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 24, 2019 |
| Jun 28, 2017 | Pasadena | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 29, 2017 |
| Jun 9, 2014 | Dumont Dunes | Accident | 1 citation | $935 | $150 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Oct 26, 2012 | Pasadena | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Oct 6, 2011 | Pasadena | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Oct 19, 2011 |
| Apr 23, 2009 | Pasadena | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 18, 2009 |
| Dec 16, 2004 | Pasadena | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 26, 2007 |
| Oct 18, 2004 | Pasadena | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $2,250 | $750 | Aug 19, 2008 |
| Dec 19, 2003 | Pasadena | Accident | 2 citations | $18,635 | $300 | Jun 30, 2006 |
| Mar 11, 2003 | Pasadena | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 10, 2003 |
| Dec 12, 2000 | Pasadena | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 14, 2002 |
| Jul 7, 2000 | Pasadena | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 21, 2000 |
| Jan 3, 2000 | Pasadena | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,000 | $375 | Feb 5, 2001 |
Also recorded as: California Institute of Technology - the Athenaeum; California Institute of Technology - Facilities - Grounds.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, 1 serious, $1,085
- 8 CCR 1529, Asbestos (construction): 3 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 3277: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3341: 1 citation, $1,125
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $485
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $365
- 8 CCR 5154.1: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Pasadena 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 California Institute of Technology
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.