City of Santa Ana safety record at a glance
City of Santa Ana has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 6, 2009 and Oct 2, 2025. 3 of them were accident inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $6,775 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $3,275. The largest single penalty, $1,775, came from an inspection opened Oct 2, 2025 in Santa Ana. That places the employer at #32,064 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation. Worksites in Santa Ana.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2025 | Santa Ana | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,775 | Mar 3, 2026 |
| Apr 30, 2021 | Santa Ana | Accident | no citations | $0 | May 25, 2021 |
| Oct 17, 2011 | Santa Ana | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 8, 2012 |
| Jul 6, 2009 | Santa Ana | Accident | 1 citation | $1,500 $5,000 proposed | Feb 17, 2011 |
Also recorded as: City of Santa Ana - Santa Ana Zoo.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $840
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $1,500
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Ana 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 City of Santa Ana
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.