Metropolitan Water District safety record at a glance
Metropolitan Water District has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 21, 2000 and Apr 21, 2025. 8 of them were planned inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 3 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $1,200 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $110. The largest single penalty, $110, came from an inspection opened Dec 28, 2011 in Perris. That places the employer at #83,907 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Utilities; Construction. Worksites in Los Angeles, Yorba Linda, Perris, Riverside, Cabazon, Granada Hills, La Verne.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2025 | Los Angeles | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 16, 2025 |
| Apr 2, 2012 | Yorba Linda | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 26, 2012 |
| Dec 28, 2011 | Perris | Planned | 2 citations | $450 | $110 | Jan 3, 2012 |
| Feb 22, 2011 | Riverside | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 7, 2011 |
| Jul 23, 2007 | Cabazon | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 23, 2007 |
| Mar 19, 2007 | Cabazon | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 21, 2007 |
| Jan 18, 2007 | Los Angeles | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2007 |
| Feb 24, 2005 | Los Angeles | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 9, 2005 |
| Jan 6, 2003 | Los Angeles | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jan 22, 2003 |
| Dec 10, 2002 | Granada Hills | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | 0 | Jul 1, 2006 |
| May 29, 2002 | Granada Hills | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 20, 2002 |
| Oct 30, 2001 | La Verne | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 30, 2002 |
| Jan 21, 2000 | Los Angeles | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jan 24, 2000 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189: 2 citations, $110
- 8 CCR 1592, Warning methods, construction: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Los Angeles 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 Metropolitan Water District
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.