Otis Elevator Company safety record at a glance
Otis Elevator Company has been the subject of 23 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 10, 2000 and Sep 18, 2026. 11 of them were accident inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 24 in all: 5 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $176,355 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $120,480. The largest single penalty, $51,750, came from an inspection opened Feb 5, 2020 in La Jolla. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #301 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Oakland, Eureka, San Diego, Oroville, Los Angeles, La Jolla, San Leandro, Riverside.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Oakland | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Eureka | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Sep 27, 2024 |
| Nov 8, 2022 | San Diego | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Aug 7, 2025 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Oroville | Referral | no inspection made | $0 | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation | $0 $560 proposed | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Jun 25, 2020 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $0 $560 proposed | Jul 17, 2025 |
| Feb 5, 2020 | La Jolla | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious 1 repeat | $51,750 $53,435 proposed | open |
| Mar 18, 2016 | San Leandro | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $13,500 | Sep 13, 2019 |
| May 20, 2015 | San Diego | Complaint | 2 citations 2 serious | $19,125 $30,600 proposed | Jan 23, 2019 |
| Jan 8, 2015 | Riverside | Accident | 2 citations | $12,000 $31,500 proposed | Feb 21, 2017 |
| Nov 6, 2014 | Beverly Hills | Fatality or catastrophe | death 4 citations | $15,500 $26,250 proposed | Mar 27, 2018 |
| Jun 18, 2013 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $750 | Apr 23, 2014 |
| Jan 16, 2013 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Dec 23, 2013 |
| Sep 1, 2010 | 1268437a | Accident | 4 citations | $1,355 | May 17, 2016 |
| Jun 23, 2009 | Los Angeles | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 6, 2009 |
| Jun 14, 2006 | Tracy | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jun 20, 2006 |
| Mar 22, 2006 | San Francisco | Accident | 2 citations | $3,500 $9,050 proposed | Jun 4, 2013 |
| Nov 4, 2005 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 3, 2006 |
| Sep 8, 2004 | Los Angeles | Accident | 2 citations | $0 $5,480 proposed | Sep 26, 2008 |
| Jan 13, 2004 | Cabazon | Programmed related | no citations | $0 | Jan 14, 2004 |
| Aug 5, 2002 | Northridge | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 $3,375 proposed | Sep 19, 2006 |
| Mar 5, 2002 | Santa Clara | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $300 | Jun 9, 2002 |
| Feb 10, 2000 | San Jose | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 13, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Otis Elevator; Otis Elevator CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 10 citations, 2 serious, $84,125
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $13,875
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,500
- 8 CCR 1626, Scaffolds: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4848, Fire Prevention and Suppression Procedure: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 2320.2, Electrical, work on energized equipment: 1 citation, $750
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oakland 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. 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 Otis Elevator Company
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 4, 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.