La County Public Health - Public Health Laboratory safety record at a glance
La County Public Health - Public Health Laboratory has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 4, 2000 and Apr 9, 2012. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $27,810 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $20,080. The largest single penalty, $18,850, came from an inspection opened Apr 9, 2012 in Los Angeles. That places the employer at #6,640 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration. Worksites in Los Angeles.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2012 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 13 citations 2 serious | $18,850 $23,200 proposed | Aug 10, 2013 |
| Dec 31, 2003 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 $750 proposed | Nov 7, 2006 |
| Jul 18, 2002 | Los Angeles | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Sep 13, 2002 |
| Aug 1, 2000 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 2 citations | $300 | Oct 25, 2006 |
| May 4, 2000 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 2 citations | $745 $3,560 proposed | Oct 25, 2006 |
Also recorded as: La County Public Health - Aids Programs & Policy; La County Public Health.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 6 citations, 1 serious, $9,100
- 8 CCR 5193, Bloodborne pathogens: 5 citations, $3,250
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 2 citations, 1 serious, $6,500
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3272, Aisles, Walkways, and Crawlways: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $150
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. 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 La County Public Health - Public Health Laboratory
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.