Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department safety record at a glance
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 25, 2000 and Sep 21, 2026. 7 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 35 in all: 8 serious, 4 willful, 2 repeat. Inspectors proposed $698,000 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $690,895. The largest single penalty, $351,000, came from an inspection opened Jul 21, 2025 in Los Angeles. 3 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #12 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Los Angeles, Castaic, Whittier, Azusa, Torrance.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Los Angeles | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Los Angeles | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Los Angeles | Fatality or catastrophe | 8 citations 4 serious 2 willful | $351,000 | $351,000 | open |
| Feb 28, 2024 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 9, 2024 |
| Oct 12, 2023 | Castaic | Accident | 5 citations 2 serious 2 willful | $301,000 | $301,000 | open |
| Feb 7, 2022 | Los Angeles | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation | $425 | $3,500 | open |
| Jan 24, 2022 | Los Angeles | Fatality or catastrophe | death 5 citations 2 serious | $22,625 | $17,100 | Nov 13, 2023 |
| Mar 23, 2021 | Castaic | Accident | 4 citations 1 repeat | $5,385 | $3,170 | Jun 12, 2023 |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Castaic | Fatality or catastrophe | death 3 citations | $5,935 | $3,750 | open |
| Sep 16, 2020 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | open |
| May 12, 2020 | Los Angeles | Accident | 4 citations | $3,075 | $3,075 | Feb 9, 2021 |
| May 2, 2019 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation 1 repeat | $3,000 | $3,000 | Aug 9, 2021 |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Whittier | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 18, 2017 |
| Jun 22, 2016 | Castaic | Complaint | 3 citations | $555 | $300 | Mar 4, 2026 |
| Nov 10, 2015 | Azusa | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 25, 2016 |
| Oct 28, 2014 | Torrance | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 14, 2015 |
| May 25, 2000 | Whittier | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 1, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Los Angeles County, Sheriff's Department; Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department - Emergency Operations Bureau; Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Department - North County Correction Facility.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 13 citations, 3 serious, $333,195
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 4 citations, $14,500
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 3 citations, 1 serious, $25,890
- 8 CCR 3205.1: 2 citations, 2 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 2 citations, $1,485
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $780
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 5174: 1 citation, $125,000
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Los Angeles employment lawyer, Whittier 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 Los Angeles County Sheriff's 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 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.