Lowe's Home Improvement safety record at a glance
Lowe's Home Improvement has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 21, 2005 and May 15, 2026. 8 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $15,575 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $13,895. The largest single penalty, $6,750, came from an inspection opened May 15, 2026 in San Francisco. That places the employer at #11,208 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in San Francisco, Valencia, Elk Grove, Hemet, West Sacramento, Menifee, Corona, Lodi.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 | open |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Valencia | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| May 1, 2025 | Elk Grove | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jun 3, 2025 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Hemet | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | open |
| Aug 22, 2023 | West Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 1, 2024 |
| Aug 25, 2022 | Menifee | Planned | no citations | $0 | Mar 27, 2023 |
| Aug 2, 2021 | Corona | Accident | no citations | $0 | Nov 23, 2021 |
| Nov 20, 2018 | Lodi | Complaint | 1 citation | $600 $1,060 proposed | May 13, 2019 |
| Nov 7, 2017 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $650 $800 proposed | Jun 21, 2018 |
| Apr 1, 2011 | Hemet | Accident | 1 citation | $150 $750 proposed | Feb 23, 2012 |
| Sep 10, 2009 | Rancho Santa Margarita | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | Feb 17, 2011 |
| Oct 13, 2005 | San Dimas | Complaint | 2 citations | $370 $840 proposed | Sep 18, 2006 |
| Jun 21, 2005 | West Hills | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 30, 2005 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $650
- 5A0001: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3656, Order Pickers and Stock Pickers: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 3279, Portable Metal Ladders (repealed): 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Francisco employment lawyer, Elk Grove 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. 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 Lowe's Home Improvement
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.