Lowes safety record at a glance
Lowes has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 25, 2004 and Jun 17, 2025. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $3,145 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $3,145. The largest single penalty, $2,025, came from an inspection opened Feb 25, 2004 in Westminster. That places the employer at #32,852 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Vacaville, Hanford, Torrance, Visalia, Westminster, Lodi, Irvine, Stockton.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2025 | Vacaville | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 27, 2025 |
| Feb 8, 2017 | Hanford | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 20, 2017 |
| Jan 11, 2012 | Torrance | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 11, 2012 |
| Apr 8, 2009 | Visalia | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 17, 2009 |
| Feb 3, 2006 | Westminster | Follow-up | 2 citations | $185 | $185 | Nov 6, 2008 |
| Oct 27, 2005 | Lodi | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 3, 2005 |
| Feb 9, 2005 | Irvine | Complaint | 2 citations | $935 | $935 | May 27, 2009 |
| Oct 29, 2004 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 16, 2004 |
| Feb 25, 2004 | Westminster | Complaint | 7 citations | $2,025 | $2,025 | Sep 3, 2006 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $675
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 1430.40: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3660, Industrial trucks, general: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 1430.4: 1 citation, $185
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Torrance 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 Lowes
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.