City of San Diego safety record at a glance
City of San Diego has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 27, 2001 and Dec 8, 2025. 8 of them were accident inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $49,240 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $42,990. The largest single penalty, $15,180, came from an inspection opened Jun 17, 2019 in San Diego. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,977 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Utilities; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in San Diego, La Mesa, La Jolla.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2025 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Jul 16, 2025 | La Mesa | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2023 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $7,200 | $7,200 | Oct 16, 2023 |
| Sep 25, 2020 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,750 | Jan 5, 2023 |
| Oct 31, 2019 | La Mesa | Planned | 1 citation | $600 | $300 | Aug 10, 2020 |
| Jun 17, 2019 | San Diego | Complaint | 3 citations 3 serious | $15,180 | $15,180 | Apr 13, 2020 |
| Jul 24, 2018 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 10, 2019 |
| Feb 9, 2018 | San Diego | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations | $5,420 | $5,420 | Sep 24, 2018 |
| May 22, 2017 | San Diego | Complaint | 3 citations | $980 | $980 | Oct 13, 2017 |
| Jun 27, 2012 | San Diego | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,500 | $1,500 | Aug 2, 2012 |
| Mar 6, 2012 | San Diego | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $11,750 | $7,050 | Mar 12, 2013 |
| May 4, 2011 | San Diego | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Jul 15, 2011 |
| Jan 29, 2007 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Dec 12, 2008 |
| Mar 25, 2005 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 7, 2005 |
| Jun 4, 2003 | La Jolla | Complaint | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Oct 27, 2001 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 5, 2001 |
Also recorded as: City of San Diego - Environmental Services.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 3 citations, $11,750
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 2 citations, $1,500
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $1,020
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 1 citation, 1 serious, $7,200
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 3227: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Diego 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 City of San Diego
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.