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La City Fire Cal/OSHA Inspections and Citations

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

La City Fire: 16 inspections, 6 citations and $7,175 in penalties, 1 death investigated, latest opened Jun 2, 2020.

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.

La City Fire safety record at a glance

La City Fire has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 9, 2000 and Jun 2, 2020. 11 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 6 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $28,810 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $7,175. The largest single penalty, $3,000, came from an inspection opened Jan 9, 2013 in Los Angeles. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #18,869 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.

Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration. Worksites in Los Angeles, Hollywood.

Every inspection, newest first

Click a date for the citations in that inspection.

OpenedCityWhyResultProposedPenaltyClosed
Jun 2, 2020Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Jan 29, 2021
Jan 31, 2019Los AngelesComplaint1 citation$935$750open
Dec 16, 2015Los AngelesAccident1 citation$750$750Feb 2, 2017
Nov 21, 2013Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Feb 27, 2014
Oct 29, 2013Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Dec 16, 2013
Jan 9, 2013Los AngelesAccident1 citation$5,000$3,000Jun 28, 2014
Apr 3, 2012Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Apr 19, 2012
Feb 18, 2011Los AngelesAccidentdeath no citations00Jul 15, 2011
Feb 10, 2009Los AngelesComplaintno citations00Mar 3, 2009
Nov 12, 2008Los AngelesComplaintno citations00Apr 1, 2009
Mar 4, 2008Los AngelesComplaintno citations00Jun 11, 2008
Aug 2, 2007Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Jan 24, 2008
Oct 31, 2005Los AngelesAccident1 citation$18,000$2,000Jun 18, 2008
Jan 13, 2003HollywoodAccident1 citation$3,750$375Jun 25, 2004
Aug 30, 2001Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Feb 22, 2002
Jun 9, 2000Los AngelesComplaint1 citation$375$300Feb 15, 2001

Also recorded as: La City Fire - Frank Hotchkins Training Center; La City Fire - Operations Control Dispatch Section; La City Fire - Operations Control Dispatch.

The rules this employer was cited under

Accidents investigated

May 16, 2020, Los Angeles. Six fire fighters are burned in structure fire 6 hospitalized Inspection
Dec 7, 2012, Los Angeles. Employee Gets His Leg Struck 1 hospitalized Inspection
Mar 19, 2012, Los Angeles. Firefighter Fractures Forearm in Fall During Training 1 hospitalized Inspection
Feb 17, 2011, Los Angeles. Two Firefighters Are Injured from Falling Debris; One Dies 1 death 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jul 24, 2007, Los Angeles. Firefighter Sustains Multiple Severe Burns in Fire 1 hospitalized Inspection
Oct 21, 2005, Los Angeles. Firefighter Survives after Being Electrocuted on Ladder 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jan 1, 2003, Hollywood. Two Employees Burned in Structure Fire 2 hospitalized Inspection
Aug 16, 2001, Los Angeles. Four employees treated for various injuries after fire 3 hospitalized Inspection
not stated, Los Angeles. Accident investigation 1 hospitalized Inspection
not stated, Los Angeles. Accident investigation 1 hospitalized Inspection

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 La City Fire

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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