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Dynalectric Cal/OSHA Inspections and Citations

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Dynalectric: 15 inspections, 11 citations and $1,600 in penalties, latest opened May 19, 2022.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

Dynalectric safety record at a glance

Dynalectric has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 16, 2000 and May 19, 2022. 6 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $2,715 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $1,600. The largest single penalty, $390, came from an inspection opened May 16, 2000 in Los Angeles. That places the employer at #43,977 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.

Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in San Diego, Los Angeles, Brawley, East Palo Alto, San Francisco, Chatsworth, Hayward, Sunnyvale.

Every inspection, newest first

Click a date for the citations in that inspection.

OpenedCityWhyResultProposedPenaltyClosed
May 19, 2022San DiegoAccident2 citations$980$335open
Jun 27, 2017San DiegoAccidentno citations00Aug 24, 2017
Feb 24, 2016San DiegoPlannedno citations00Feb 24, 2016
Oct 24, 2014San DiegoUnprogrammed related1 citation$280$200Feb 14, 2018
Aug 31, 2009Los AngelesPlanned1 citation$375$300Jul 3, 2010
Oct 9, 2008BrawleyPlannedno citations00Oct 16, 2008
May 19, 2008San DiegoAccidentno citations00Nov 18, 2008
Jun 18, 2004East Palo AltoUnprogrammed relatedno citations00Dec 6, 2004
Jun 3, 2003San FranciscoUnprogrammed related2 citations$375$375Jun 9, 2003
Dec 6, 2002ChatsworthUnprogrammed related1 citation$1500Jun 27, 2003
Oct 24, 2001HaywardComplaintno citations00Jan 10, 2003
Aug 22, 2001San DiegoComplaintno citations00Jan 31, 2002
Jul 18, 2001Los AngelesUnprogrammed relatedno citations00Jan 4, 2002
Nov 28, 2000SunnyvaleUnprogrammed related1 citation00Aug 2, 2002
May 16, 2000Los AngelesPlanned3 citations$555$390Nov 2, 2001

Also recorded as: Dynalectric Company.

The rules this employer was cited under

Accidents investigated

Jun 11, 2017, San Diego. Employee installing electrical lines falls and fractures hip 1 hospitalized Inspection
May 19, 2008, San Diego. Employee Is Injured in Fall Due to Gas Explosion 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jul 9, 2001, Los Angeles. Employee injured after falling into a trench Inspection

Local pages: San Diego employment lawyer, 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 Dynalectric

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.

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