Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse safety record at a glance
Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 3, 2002 and Nov 9, 2007. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 9 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $4,645 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $4,645. The largest single penalty, $3,375, came from an inspection opened Aug 14, 2006 in Folsom. That places the employer at #26,626 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in Jackson, Folsom, Victorville, Vacaville.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2007 | Jackson | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Dec 10, 2007 |
| Aug 14, 2006 | Folsom | Complaint | 3 citations | $3,375 | $3,375 | Jun 27, 2011 |
| Aug 27, 2003 | Victorville | Complaint | 3 citations | $745 | $745 | Jul 23, 2008 |
| Jul 10, 2003 | Vacaville | Complaint | 2 citations | $525 | $525 | Feb 19, 2004 |
| Jan 16, 2003 | Folsom | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 9, 2003 |
| Oct 3, 2002 | Victorville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 17, 2002 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 2 citations, $2,250
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $1,125
- 8 CCR 1430.32: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3225: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation
Local pages: Victorville 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 Improvement Warehouse
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.