Lowe's Home Centers, LLC safety record at a glance
Lowe's Home Centers, LLC has been the subject of 19 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 15, 2017 and Dec 10, 2025. 8 of them were planned inspections. 15 of them produced citations, 27 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $102,766 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $77,060. The largest single penalty, $19,060, came from an inspection opened Jul 13, 2022 in Norwalk. That places the employer at #714 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Palm Springs, San Francisco, Chico, Perris, Chino Hills, Norwalk, Mira Loma, Oxnard.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2025 | Palm Springs | Planned | 4 citations 1 serious | $22,106 | $15,475 | Mar 23, 2026 |
| Mar 19, 2025 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 3, 2025 |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Chico | Complaint | 1 citation | $205 | $205 | May 31, 2024 |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Perris | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | open |
| Sep 21, 2022 | Chino Hills | Planned | 1 citation | $200 | $200 | Aug 20, 2024 |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Norwalk | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $19,060 | $19,060 | open |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Mira Loma | Planned | 1 citation | $280 | $150 | Mar 7, 2023 |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Oxnard | Planned | 2 citations | $420 | $350 | Nov 7, 2022 |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Clovis | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 18, 2022 |
| Apr 28, 2022 | Rancho Cucamonga | Planned | 3 citations | $600 | $600 | open |
| Apr 14, 2022 | Murrieta | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $225 | Apr 25, 2023 |
| Mar 9, 2022 | Antioch | Planned | 4 citations | $835 | $675 | Aug 12, 2022 |
| Sep 9, 2020 | Dublin | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 16, 2023 |
| Aug 3, 2020 | Concord | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 10, 2020 |
| Jun 5, 2020 | Roseville | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Dec 1, 2020 |
| Mar 3, 2020 | Santa Clarita | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $13,875 | $13,875 | open |
| Oct 16, 2019 | La Quinta | Accident | 1 citation | $1,125 | 0 | Jun 1, 2023 |
| Oct 5, 2018 | San Jose | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 | $6,750 | Jul 15, 2019 |
| Aug 15, 2017 | Aliso Viejo | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $935 | Jun 24, 2019 |
Also recorded as: Lowe's Home Centers LLC; Lowe's Home Centers, LLC.; Lowe's Home Centers, Inc; Lowe's Home Centers.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3385, Foot protection: 3 citations, 3 serious, $45,000
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 3 citations, $550
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $1,495
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 2 citations, $355
- 8 CCR 1910.140: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,848
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 1910.303: 1 citation, $5,627
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Francisco employment lawyer, Chico 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 Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
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.