Nordstrom safety record at a glance
Nordstrom has been the subject of 25 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 1, 2003 and Aug 27, 2026. 13 of them were complaint inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $80,787 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $52,205. The largest single penalty, $20,700, came from an inspection opened Dec 1, 2017 in San Bernardino. That places the employer at #1,370 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 7 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Corte Madera, Riverside, Ontario, Daly City, Palo Alto, Newark, Los Angeles, San Bernardino.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Corte Madera | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Riverside | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Ontario | Planned | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Ontario | Fatality or catastrophe | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Daly City | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,750 | open |
| Nov 1, 2023 | Palo Alto | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 5, 2024 |
| Aug 10, 2023 | Newark | Accident | 1 citation | $935 | $935 | Nov 27, 2023 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 2 citations | $750 | $750 | Aug 24, 2022 |
| Nov 19, 2019 | San Bernardino | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 3, 2020 |
| Dec 1, 2017 | San Bernardino | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $41,060 | $20,700 | Sep 22, 2021 |
| Mar 24, 2017 | Costa Mesa | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 5, 2017 |
| Sep 16, 2016 | Ontario | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $18,000 | Aug 4, 2017 |
| Jul 1, 2016 | Walnut Creek | Accident | 2 citations | $5,400 | $3,400 | Mar 30, 2017 |
| Sep 30, 2014 | Mission Viejo | Accident | 1 citation | $188 | $185 | Dec 31, 2014 |
| May 29, 2013 | Newport Beach | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 3, 2013 |
| Jan 3, 2013 | Roseville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 16, 2013 |
| May 9, 2012 | Sacramento | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,260 | $1,260 | Oct 16, 2012 |
| May 4, 2011 | Redondo Beach | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 27, 2011 |
| Aug 6, 2009 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Aug 22, 2009 |
| Jul 15, 2008 | Irvine | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 2, 2008 |
| Apr 18, 2008 | Pleasanton | Complaint | 1 citation | $469 | 0 | May 22, 2009 |
| Oct 18, 2006 | Redondo Beach | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $2,850 | $2,850 | Dec 17, 2008 |
| Jan 20, 2005 | Costa Mesa | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 11, 2005 |
| Aug 20, 2004 | Brea | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 4, 2005 |
| Dec 1, 2003 | Cerritos | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 4, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Nordstrom Inc; Nordstrom Inc.; Nordstrom Inc.; Nordstrom, Inc.; Nordstrom Inc dba Haute Look; Nordstrom, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 2 serious, $20,700
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $400
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4475: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4300.1: 1 citation, $935
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $420
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Riverside employment lawyer, Ontario 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 Nordstrom
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.