Caltrans safety record at a glance
Caltrans has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 7, 2001 and Jan 20, 2022. 6 of them were accident inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 2 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $23,000 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $23,000. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Oct 27, 2016 in San Diego. 4 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #5,386 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Public Administration. Worksites in San Bernardino, Oakland, Carpinteria, San Diego, Irvine, Norwalk, Stockton, National City.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2022 | San Bernardino | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 28, 2022 |
| Dec 7, 2021 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 7, 2022 |
| Sep 28, 2018 | Carpinteria | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 11, 2018 |
| Oct 27, 2016 | San Diego | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Sep 5, 2017 |
| May 15, 2014 | Irvine | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 20, 2014 |
| Feb 24, 2014 | Norwalk | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 28, 2014 |
| May 16, 2012 | Stockton | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 17, 2012 |
| Sep 22, 2011 | Stockton | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 27, 2011 |
| May 5, 2011 | National City | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 20, 2011 |
| Oct 28, 2010 | Irvine | Accident | death 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Jan 6, 2012 |
| Nov 29, 2007 | San Bernardino | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 24, 2008 |
| May 13, 2002 | Burlingame | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 24, 2002 |
| Jan 14, 2002 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 21, 2002 |
| Oct 26, 2001 | Woodfords | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Nov 9, 2001 |
| Mar 23, 2001 | Irvine | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 26, 2001 |
| Mar 7, 2001 | San Francisco | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 28, 2001 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4353: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Bernardino employment lawyer, Oakland 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 Caltrans
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.