Metropolitan Water District of Southern California safety record at a glance
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has been the subject of 36 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 31, 2001 and Oct 6, 2026. 20 of them were planned inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 26 in all: 6 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $74,480 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $56,660. The largest single penalty, $23,435, came from an inspection opened Apr 8, 2026 in Castaic. That places the employer at #1,205 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Utilities; Public Administration; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Winchester, La Verne, Castaic, Granada Hills, Desert Center, Yorba Linda, Perris, Riverside.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Winchester | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Sep 25, 2026 | La Verne | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Castaic | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,435 | $23,435 | open |
| Oct 28, 2025 | La Verne | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Winchester | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Granada Hills | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Desert Center | Fatality or catastrophe | 3 citations 2 serious | $11,400 | $11,400 | open |
| Jun 16, 2025 | La Verne | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | Yorba Linda | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious 1 repeat | $4,655 | $675 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Jan 23, 2023 | Perris | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 4, 2023 |
| Sep 26, 2022 | Yorba Linda | Planned | 1 citation | $450 | $525 | open |
| Dec 8, 2021 | La Verne | Accident | 2 citations | $1,120 | 0 | Feb 3, 2023 |
| Jun 25, 2019 | Winchester | Planned | 3 citations | $1,360 | $560 | Jul 20, 2020 |
| Dec 6, 2018 | Riverside | Planned | 2 citations | $1,260 | $550 | Oct 22, 2019 |
| Jul 5, 2017 | Granada Hills | Planned | 1 citation | $150 | 0 | Jun 15, 2018 |
| Feb 19, 2014 | Desert Center | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 19, 2014 |
| Feb 8, 2013 | Coachella | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 8, 2013 |
| Mar 5, 2012 | Cabazon | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 5, 2012 |
| Mar 1, 2012 | Chiriaco Summit | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 2, 2012 |
| Oct 25, 2011 | Earp | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 26, 2011 |
| Feb 3, 2011 | Coachella | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 7, 2011 |
| Apr 15, 2010 | Desert Center | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Apr 15, 2010 |
| Oct 13, 2009 | Desert Hot Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 13, 2009 |
| Oct 5, 2009 | Desert Center | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 5, 2009 |
| Sep 28, 2009 | Rice | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 28, 2009 |
| Sep 18, 2007 | Parker Dam | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 28, 2008 |
| Jun 12, 2007 | Temecula | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $21,600 | $18,000 | Aug 5, 2009 |
| May 24, 2007 | Parker Dam | Complaint | 3 citations | $7,685 | $600 | Mar 17, 2016 |
| Apr 17, 2007 | Parker Dam | Complaint | 2 citations | $900 | $450 | Jan 29, 2009 |
| Oct 30, 2006 | Riverside | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Apr 25, 2011 |
| Mar 10, 2006 | Riverside | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Oct 5, 2005 | Granada Hills | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 8, 2006 |
| May 17, 2005 | Parker Dam | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 10, 2005 |
| Feb 26, 2002 | Desert Center | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 28, 2002 |
| Dec 19, 2001 | Riverside | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 7, 2002 |
| Oct 31, 2001 | Earp | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Nov 1, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - Joseph Jensen Water Treatment Plant; The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $1,385
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $675
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 3 citations, $550
- 8 CCR 1713: 2 citations, 2 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3396, Heat illness prevention, indoor: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,800
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $22,500
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,600
- 8 CCR 2934: 1 citation, $600
Accidents investigated
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 of Southern California
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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.