La County Sanitation safety record at a glance
La County Sanitation has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 15, 2003 and Mar 17, 2011. 2 of them were accident inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $19,680 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,715. The largest single penalty, $6,435, came from an inspection opened Feb 22, 2006 in La Canada. That places the employer at #19,827 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Utilities; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Cerritos, Industry, La Canada, Commerce.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2011 | Cerritos | Planned | 1 citation | $280 | Aug 16, 2011 |
| Aug 20, 2007 | Industry | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 25, 2008 |
| Feb 22, 2006 | La Canada | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $6,435 $19,400 proposed | Aug 29, 2007 |
| Sep 15, 2003 | Commerce | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jan 6, 2004 |
Also recorded as: La County Sanitation dba Los Coyotes Water Recl Pl.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 1 serious, $5,850
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $585
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $280
Accidents investigated
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 Sanitation
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.