DHL Express safety record at a glance
DHL Express has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 10, 2004 and Apr 29, 2026. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 12 of them produced citations, 43 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $34,340 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $23,745. The largest single penalty, $7,455, came from an inspection opened Mar 29, 2007 in Signal Hill. That places the employer at #5,151 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Construction; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in Mather, Tracy, Los Angeles, Oakland, Signal Hill, Fremont, Sacramento, San Francisco.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | Mather | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Tracy | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | May 22, 2023 |
| Jan 11, 2022 | Los Angeles | Accident | 2 citations | $1,500 | $1,200 | open |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation | $185 | 0 | Jan 12, 2022 |
| Nov 6, 2020 | Los Angeles | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 19, 2021 |
| Jul 20, 2020 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | 0 | Jul 27, 2021 |
| Nov 20, 2007 | Oakland | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,310 | $900 | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Mar 29, 2007 | Signal Hill | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,455 | $7,455 | Nov 5, 2008 |
| Nov 15, 2006 | Oakland | Complaint | 7 citations | $3,135 | $3,135 | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Jun 21, 2006 | Signal Hill | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,500 | $1,500 | Mar 14, 2016 |
| Jun 7, 2006 | Oakland | Planned | 7 citations | $1,050 | $1,050 | Jun 11, 2007 |
| Mar 15, 2006 | Fremont | Complaint | 7 citations | $1,485 | $1,485 | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Dec 29, 2005 | Sacramento | Complaint | 4 citations | $10,450 | $1,500 | Mar 8, 2016 |
| Jun 20, 2005 | San Francisco | Accident | 4 citations | $5,335 | $5,335 | Jul 1, 2006 |
| Aug 10, 2004 | Sunnyvale | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 20, 2004 |
Also recorded as: DHL Express, Inc; DHL Express (USA), Inc.; DHL Express (USA), Inc; DHL Express USA Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 10 citations, $3,555
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 5 citations, $970
- 8 CCR 1430.29: 2 citations, $675
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 2 citations, $335
- 8 CCR 3232: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 3706: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $900
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Los Angeles 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 DHL Express
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.