City of Los Angeles safety record at a glance
City of Los Angeles has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 11, 2001 and Jun 5, 2026. 6 of them were planned inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $197,370 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $141,100. The largest single penalty, $90,000, came from an inspection opened Nov 1, 2022 in Los Angeles. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #222 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Chatsworth, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, San Pedro, Terminal Island.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | Chatsworth | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Oct 18, 2023 | Van Nuys | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 14, 2023 |
| Nov 1, 2022 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | 5 citations 5 serious | $90,000 | $90,000 | open |
| Oct 12, 2022 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 1 citation | $935 | $750 | open |
| Nov 4, 2021 | San Pedro | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations 1 serious | $32,060 | $23,350 | open |
| Jul 2, 2021 | Los Angeles | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Dec 30, 2021 |
| Jan 22, 2021 | Los Angeles | Fatality or catastrophe | death 7 citations 3 serious | $74,375 | $27,000 | Mar 17, 2023 |
| Feb 1, 2005 | Los Angeles | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 15, 2005 |
| Apr 7, 2004 | Terminal Island | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 2, 2004 |
| Sep 5, 2003 | Los Angeles | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 17, 2003 |
| Jun 26, 2003 | Los Angeles | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 21, 2003 |
| Mar 10, 2003 | Los Angeles | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 27, 2003 |
| Aug 2, 2002 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 18, 2002 |
| Jul 26, 2002 | Los Angeles | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 25, 2003 |
| Jul 11, 2002 | Los Angeles | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 18, 2002 |
| Jun 11, 2001 | Los Angeles | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 11, 2001 |
Also recorded as: The City of Los Angeles; City of Los Angeles - Los Angeles Police Department.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 4 citations, 3 serious, $22,125
- 8 CCR 6181: 3 citations, 3 serious, $54,000
- 8 CCR 2943: 1 citation, 1 serious, $22,500
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 6175: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $1,500
- 8 CCR 2940.6: 1 citation, $850
Accidents investigated
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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 City of Los Angeles
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.