Ladwp safety record at a glance
Ladwp has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 16, 2010 and Oct 5, 2024. 5 of them were accident inspections. 1 of them produced citations, 1 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $420 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $225. The largest single penalty, $225, came from an inspection opened Jan 3, 2019 in Sylmar. That places the employer at #77,849 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Utilities; Public Administration; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in San Fernando, Northridge, Sylmar, Panorama City, Sun Valley, Lancaster.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2024 | San Fernando | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 4, 2025 |
| Mar 16, 2023 | Northridge | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 1, 2023 |
| Jan 3, 2019 | Sylmar | Accident | 1 citation | $420 | $225 | Oct 9, 2019 |
| Apr 11, 2018 | Panorama City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 5, 2018 |
| Oct 3, 2017 | Sylmar | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 12, 2018 |
| Mar 28, 2017 | Sun Valley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 4, 2017 |
| Dec 6, 2016 | Sun Valley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 21, 2017 |
| Nov 16, 2010 | Lancaster | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Nov 16, 2010 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3366: 1 citation, $225
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. 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 Ladwp
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.