Lowes Home Improvement Inc safety record at a glance
Lowes Home Improvement Inc has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 19, 2005 and Sep 27, 2021. 4 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 4 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $19,685 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $3,300. The largest single penalty, $2,700, came from an inspection opened Oct 19, 2005 in Perris. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #31,864 of 122,854 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; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Jurupa Valley, San Diego, Folsom, Perris.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2021 | Jurupa Valley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 4, 2021 |
| Nov 23, 2010 | San Diego | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 24, 2011 |
| Jul 1, 2008 | Folsom | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 10, 2008 |
| Apr 23, 2007 | Perris | Accident | 2 citations | $935 | $300 | Apr 25, 2011 |
| Apr 20, 2007 | Perris | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 29, 2007 |
| Apr 14, 2006 | Perris | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $300 | Dec 27, 2006 |
| Oct 19, 2005 | Perris | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $2,700 | Aug 15, 2015 |
Also recorded as: Lowes Home Improvement.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $600
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3660, Industrial trucks, general: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Jurupa Valley employment lawyer, San Diego 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 Home Improvement Inc
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.