Los Angeles City Fire Department safety record at a glance
Los Angeles City Fire Department has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 15, 2003 and Feb 15, 2024. 9 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $63,360 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $44,695. The largest single penalty, $43,200, came from an inspection opened Feb 15, 2024 in Wilmington. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,828 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration. Worksites in Wilmington, Panorama City, Los Angeles, Northridge, North Hollywood, Woodland Hills.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2024 | Wilmington | Accident | 3 citations 3 serious | $43,200 | open |
| Oct 1, 2021 | Panorama City | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 8, 2022 |
| Oct 25, 2019 | Los Angeles | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 3, 2020 |
| Nov 15, 2018 | Wilmington | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Nov 15, 2018 |
| Jul 25, 2017 | Northridge | Accident | 2 citations | $350 $850 proposed | Aug 25, 2021 |
| Jun 3, 2017 | Los Angeles | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations | $895 $1,310 proposed | Jan 11, 2022 |
| Jan 27, 2015 | North Hollywood | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Jan 27, 2015 | North Hollywood | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 2, 2015 |
| Jul 9, 2009 | Wilmington | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 19, 2009 |
| Jan 28, 2005 | Woodland Hills | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jun 20, 2005 |
| Jul 15, 2003 | Wilmington | Accident | 1 citation | $250 $18,000 proposed | Aug 4, 2012 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 3 serious, $43,760
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $685
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $250
- 8 CCR 4300.29: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
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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 Los Angeles City Fire Department
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.