Laboratory Corporation of America safety record at a glance
Laboratory Corporation of America has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 11, 2002 and May 24, 2019. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 22 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $47,640 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $20,485. The largest single penalty, $9,975, came from an inspection opened Jan 11, 2002 in San Diego. That places the employer at #6,459 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: Health Care and Social Assistance; Transportation and Warehousing; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in San Francisco, San Leandro, Rancho Cucamonga, City of Industry, San Diego.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2019 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 5, 2019 |
| Feb 19, 2019 | San Leandro | Complaint | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | Mar 15, 2019 |
| Dec 22, 2014 | Rancho Cucamonga | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 12, 2015 |
| Jan 22, 2014 | San Francisco | Complaint | 5 citations | $2,615 | $1,200 | Jul 26, 2014 |
| Jun 30, 2011 | City of Industry | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 30, 2011 |
| Sep 12, 2008 | San Diego | Accident | 3 citations | $19,135 | $3,750 | Feb 8, 2013 |
| Apr 18, 2008 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Dec 12, 2008 |
| Jan 11, 2002 | San Diego | Complaint | 11 citations 2 serious | $20,330 | $9,975 | Apr 17, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Laboratory Corp. of America dba Lab Corp.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5193, Bloodborne pathogens: 4 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $8,000
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 3249: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,850
- 8 CCR 5203: 1 citation, $1,875
- 8 CCR 3330: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 5143: 1 citation, $300
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Francisco employment lawyer, San Leandro employment lawyer, Rancho Cucamonga 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 Laboratory Corporation of America
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.