California Lutheran University safety record at a glance
California Lutheran University has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 18, 2007 and Mar 7, 2025. 2 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $45,480 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $9,310. The largest single penalty, $5,125, came from an inspection opened Jun 18, 2007 in Thousand Oaks. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #15,891 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 5 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Educational Services; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Thousand Oaks.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2025 | Thousand Oaks | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Apr 10, 2025 |
| Jun 29, 2010 | Thousand Oaks | Complaint | 3 citations | $185 $1,355 proposed | Mar 15, 2011 |
| Oct 11, 2007 | Thousand Oaks | Accident | death 1 citation 1 serious | $4,000 $18,000 proposed | Mar 11, 2009 |
| Jun 18, 2007 | Thousand Oaks | Accident | death 3 citations | $5,125 $26,125 proposed | Apr 23, 2009 |
Also recorded as: California Lutheran University Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 1 serious, $8,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $1,125
- 8 CCR 3364, Sanitary facilities: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 1430.29: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 3363, Water supply: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Thousand Oaks 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 California Lutheran University
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.