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Paramount Pictures Cal/OSHA Inspections and Citations

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Paramount Pictures: 23 inspections, 18 citations and $22,130 in penalties, latest opened Sep 9, 2025.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

Paramount Pictures safety record at a glance

Paramount Pictures has been the subject of 23 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 9, 2000 and Sep 9, 2025. 15 of them were accident inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $64,710 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $22,130. The largest single penalty, $6,750, came from an inspection opened Apr 15, 2014 in Los Angeles. That places the employer at #5,720 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 3 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.

Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Information. Worksites in Los Angeles, West Hollywood, Lancaster, Burbank, Agua Dulce.

Every inspection, newest first

Click a date for the citations in that inspection.

OpenedCityWhyResultProposedPenaltyClosed
Sep 9, 2025Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Oct 30, 2025
Mar 26, 2024West HollywoodComplaintno citations00Sep 17, 2024
Jan 17, 2024West HollywoodAccidentno citations00Jun 5, 2024
Oct 12, 2023Los AngelesComplaint1 citation$560$560open
Feb 26, 2021West HollywoodComplaint2 citations$7,170$600Nov 17, 2021
Feb 22, 2019Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Mar 7, 2019
Feb 22, 2019Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Mar 13, 2019
Nov 17, 2017LancasterAccident3 citations$1,125$185Nov 21, 2018
Jul 10, 2015West HollywoodAccident1 citation$420$335Feb 2, 2017
Apr 15, 2014Los AngelesAccident2 citations 1 serious$18,560$6,750Oct 9, 2014
May 3, 2012Los AngelesComplaint1 citation$280$280Jun 2, 2012
Dec 8, 2010Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Mar 30, 2011
Mar 19, 2008Los AngelesAccident2 citations$5,620$1,120May 14, 2008
Oct 30, 2006BurbankPlannedno citations00Oct 30, 2006
Sep 29, 2005Los AngelesComplaintno citations00Oct 29, 2005
Aug 25, 2005Los AngelesComplaintno citations00Nov 1, 2005
Jun 7, 2005Agua DulceAccident1 citation 1 serious$18,000$2,700Sep 1, 2006
Sep 16, 2004Los AngelesAccident1 citation 1 serious$5,060$5,060Dec 13, 2006
Sep 16, 2002Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Feb 18, 2003
Jun 6, 2002Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Dec 6, 2002
Jun 29, 2001Los AngelesAccidentno citations00Dec 3, 2001
Nov 17, 2000Los AngelesComplaint2 citations$980$980Sep 13, 2010
Feb 9, 2000Los AngelesAccident2 citations 1 serious$6,935$3,560Oct 18, 2006

Also recorded as: Paramount Pictures Corporation.

The rules this employer was cited under

Accidents investigated

Dec 1, 2018, Los Angeles. Employee experiences pre-existing medical condition 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jan 24, 2018, Los Angeles. Employee trips and falls on uneven pavement 1 hospitalized Inspection
Oct 10, 2017, Lancaster. Employee catches finger in nip point and amputates fingertip Inspection
Nov 1, 2010, Los Angeles. Employee Is Exposed to Toxic Fumes 1 hospitalized Inspection
Mar 17, 2008, Los Angeles. Employee Is Injured in Fall from Platform 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jun 6, 2005, Agua Dulce. Special Effects Technician Is Burned in Explosion 1 hospitalized Inspection
Aug 30, 2004, Los Angeles. Employee is injured while working on table saw Inspection
Aug 22, 2002, Los Angeles. Employee Is Shocked and Falls from Ladder 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jun 11, 2001, Los Angeles. Employee Suffers Amputation Of Fingertip 1 hospitalized Inspection
Feb 3, 2000, Los Angeles. Employee's finger amputated in mechanical power press 1 hospitalized Inspection
not stated, Los Angeles. Accident investigation Inspection

Local pages: Los Angeles employment lawyer, Lancaster 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 Paramount Pictures

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.

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