Northrop Grumman safety record at a glance
Northrop Grumman has been the subject of 26 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 10, 2001 and Aug 18, 2026. 13 of them were accident inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 20 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $122,335 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $78,878. The largest single penalty, $50,500, came from an inspection opened Oct 20, 2025 in Sunnyvale. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #683 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 11 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Transportation and Warehousing; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Woodland Hills, Sunnyvale, El Segundo, Palmdale, Azusa, Fort Irwin, Victorville, San Marcos.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | Woodland Hills | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Sunnyvale | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $50,500 | open |
| Apr 4, 2025 | El Segundo | Accident | no inspection made | $0 | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Palmdale | Planned | no citations | $0 | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Oct 19, 2021 | Palmdale | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation | $4,023 | Jan 11, 2022 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Azusa | Accident | 1 citation | $185 | Feb 10, 2022 |
| Jun 3, 2015 | Fort Irwin | Planned | 2 citations | $4,000 | Oct 30, 2015 |
| Nov 5, 2013 | Palmdale | Accident | no citations | $0 | Dec 2, 2013 |
| Aug 7, 2013 | Sunnyvale | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $5,620 | Dec 14, 2013 |
| Mar 22, 2013 | Victorville | Complaint | 2 citations | $12,000 $23,000 proposed | Mar 28, 2014 |
| Aug 24, 2012 | San Marcos | Planned | no citations | $0 | Nov 6, 2012 |
| Oct 7, 2011 | Azusa | Accident | 2 citations | $450 $1,870 proposed | Jan 8, 2013 |
| Apr 21, 2009 | San Diego | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | Apr 21, 2009 |
| Sep 3, 2008 | Carson | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Sep 30, 2008 |
| Jul 7, 2008 | El Segundo | Accident | death no citations | $0 | Nov 10, 2008 |
| Feb 29, 2008 | Sunnyvale | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jun 3, 2008 |
| Sep 19, 2007 | Sunnyvale | Accident | no citations | $0 | Nov 28, 2007 |
| May 17, 2007 | Azusa | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 2, 2007 |
| Aug 18, 2006 | Sunnyvale | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $0 $18,560 proposed | Sep 4, 2008 |
| Jun 16, 2006 | Sunnyvale | Accident | 1 citation | $1,500 $18,000 proposed | Oct 23, 2008 |
| Nov 16, 2005 | Sunnyvale | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 21, 2006 |
| Nov 4, 2004 | Point Mugu Nawc | Planned | no citations | $0 | Dec 1, 2004 |
| Sep 16, 2003 | Sunnyvale | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 11, 2004 |
| Feb 6, 2003 | Sunnyvale | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | Feb 27, 2006 |
| Jan 29, 2003 | Sunnyvale | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Mar 20, 2003 |
| Jan 10, 2001 | Palmdale | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | Mar 23, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Northrop Grumman Corporation; Northrop Grumman Corp; Northrop-Grumman; Northrop Grumman 905.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 4 citations, 2 serious, $11,500
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 3 citations, 1 serious, $27,800
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $22,685
- 8 CCR 1910.178, Powered industrial trucks: 2 citations, $4,000
- 8 CCR 2320.2, Electrical, work on energized equipment: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 542: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 1904.29, Forms: 1 citation, $4,023
- 8 CCR 3384, Hand Protection: 1 citation, $1,500
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sunnyvale 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Northrop Grumman
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.