Department of Motor Vehicles safety record at a glance
Department of Motor Vehicles has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 27, 2000 and Aug 6, 2026. 9 of them were complaint inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 3 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $13,875 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $3,825. The largest single penalty, $3,825, came from an inspection opened Oct 15, 2020 in El Cajon. That places the employer at #29,389 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Other Services (except Public Administration); Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Winnetka, El Cajon, Fresno, Sacramento, Los Gatos, Redwood City, Oakland, Long Beach.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | Winnetka | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Oct 15, 2020 | El Cajon | Complaint | 1 citation | $13,500 | $3,825 | May 2, 2023 |
| Jul 3, 2019 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Jan 6, 2020 |
| Apr 16, 2018 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 5, 2018 |
| Jun 22, 2010 | Los Gatos | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | 0 | Oct 19, 2010 |
| Mar 30, 2010 | Redwood City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 18, 2010 |
| Jun 8, 2009 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 30, 2009 |
| Jul 25, 2005 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 28, 2005 |
| Jun 27, 2000 | Long Beach | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 1, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Department of Motor Vehicles - DMV.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $3,825
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 2510.4: 1 citation
Local pages: El Cajon employment lawyer, Fresno 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 Department of Motor Vehicles
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.