California Water Service Company safety record at a glance
California Water Service Company has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 22, 2002 and Oct 25, 2022. 4 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $8,975 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,375. The largest single penalty, $5,250, came from an inspection opened Nov 8, 2017 in Bakersfield. That places the employer at #20,517 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Utilities; Construction; Public Administration. Worksites in Chico, Bakersfield, San Jose, Stockton, Vacaville, Torrance, Hermosa Beach.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2022 | Chico | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 3, 2023 |
| Nov 8, 2017 | Bakersfield | Accident | 3 citations | $6,500 | $5,250 | Oct 21, 2019 |
| Feb 2, 2011 | Chico | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,475 | $1,125 | Nov 15, 2012 |
| Jan 27, 2011 | San Jose | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 15, 2011 |
| Oct 8, 2008 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 12, 2008 |
| Jan 14, 2005 | Chico | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 21, 2005 |
| Mar 15, 2004 | Vacaville | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 20, 2004 |
| Sep 13, 2002 | Torrance | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 3, 2002 |
| Jul 25, 2002 | Hermosa Beach | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 26, 2002 |
| Jul 22, 2002 | San Jose | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Jul 29, 2003 |
Also recorded as: California Water Service CO; California Water Service CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,200
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,750
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $675
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Chico employment lawyer, Bakersfield employment lawyer, San Jose 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 Water Service Company
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.